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some of these are now done

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Joey Hess 2011-09-19 14:50:16 -04:00
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@ -33,10 +33,16 @@ Come to think of it, the inject --bare thing is probably not a microfeature. Sho
> I've thought about such things before; does not seem really micro and I'm unsure how well it would work, but it would be worth a [[todo]]. --[[Joey]] > I've thought about such things before; does not seem really micro and I'm unsure how well it would work, but it would be worth a [[todo]]. --[[Joey]]
>> Update: Done as --auto. --[[Joey]]
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Along similar lines, it might be nice to have a mode where git-annex tries to fill up a disk up to the `annex.diskreserve` with files, preferring files that have relatively few copies. Then as storage prices continue to fall, new large drives could just be plopped in and git-annex used to fill it up in a way that improves the overall redundancy without needing to manually pick and choose. Along similar lines, it might be nice to have a mode where git-annex tries to fill up a disk up to the `annex.diskreserve` with files, preferring files that have relatively few copies. Then as storage prices continue to fall, new large drives could just be plopped in and git-annex used to fill it up in a way that improves the overall redundancy without needing to manually pick and choose.
> Update: git annex get --auto basically does this; you can tune
> --numcopies on the fly to make it get more files than needed by the
> current numcopies setting. --[[Joey]]
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If a remote could send on received files to another remote, I could use my own local bandwith efficiently while still having my git-annex repos replicate data. -- RichiH If a remote could send on received files to another remote, I could use my own local bandwith efficiently while still having my git-annex repos replicate data. -- RichiH