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# IMPORTING FROM A DIRECTORY
When run with a path, `git annex import` moves files from somewhere outside
the git working copy, and adds them to the annex.
When run with a path, `git annex import` **moves** files from somewhere outside
the git working copy, and adds them to the annex. In contrast to importing
from a special directory remote, imported files are **deleted from the given path**.
This is a legacy interface. It is still supported, but please consider
switching to importing from a directory special remote instead, using the
interface documented above.
Individual files to import can be specified. If a directory is specified,
the entire directory is imported.
the entire directory is imported. Please note that the following instruction
will **delete all files from the source directory**.
git annex import /media/camera/DCIM/*

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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="georg.schnabel@bd6be2144f897f5caa0028e0dd1e0a65634add81"
nickname="georg.schnabel"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/b58e4e0101a95b57d55da575ca21f510"
subject="import from special directory remote fails due to running out of memory "
date="2021-02-17T14:29:49Z"
content="""
First of all, git annex is an awesome tool, I like it very much!
When trying to `git annex import` from a special directory remote with a large number of files (~4 millions) with a cumulative size of about 1TB, git annex takes up all main memory during the final update remote/ref step on a machine with 16G of main memory and is then killed by the system. This also happens when supplying the `--no-content` option. Is there a way to make git annex less memory demanding when importing from a special directory remote with a large number of files?
"""]]