Add note about caching annex fulfilling this usage

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CandyAngel 2018-10-30 13:21:23 +00:00 committed by admin
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@ -22,3 +22,13 @@ Not having this isn't a showstopper (I can use rsync) so no worries if you don't
> So I get the feeling you found a way to do this in a script using
> lower-level parts of git-annex. Closing on that basis, but feel free to
> reopen if I'm wrong. [[done]] --[[Joey]]
>> Adding the source annex as a cache
>> ([[tips/local_caching_of_annexed_files/]]) and then adding the
>> symlinks to the local annex allows the content to be transferred with
>> all of the safeguards one usually gets from git-annex, but without
>> the merging of the repositories.
>> This is also very clean as the source annex doesn't get included in
>> the location tracking.
>> This works *really well* for me (even better than the script I was
>> using!), so happy with this being closed. -- [[CandyAngel]]