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@ -13,16 +13,20 @@ Each repository can have its own settings, and other repositories will
try to honor those settings when interacting with it.
So there's no local `.git/config` for preferred content settings.
The idea is that you write an expression that files are matched against.
If a file matches, it's preferred to have its content stored in the
repository. If it doesn't, it's preferred to drop its content from
the repository (if there are enough copies elsewhere).
[[!template id=note text="""
### [[canned preferred content|standard_groups]]
Rather than writing your own preferred content expression, you can use
several canned ones included in git-annex that are tuned to cover different
common use cases. You do this by putting a repository in a group,
and simply setting its preferred content to "standard" to match whatever
is standard for that group. See [[standard_groups]].
is standard for that group. See [[standard_groups]] for a list.
"""]]
The idea is that you write an expression that files are matched against.
If a file matches, it's preferred to have its content stored in the
repository. If it doesn't, it's preferred to drop its content from
the repository (if there are enough copies elsewhere).
To check at the command line which files are matched by preferred content
settings, you can use the --want-get and --want-drop options.