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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="joey"
subject="""comment 1"""
date="2016-09-05T16:34:35Z"
content="""
Remotes have configurable costs, see `remote.<name>.annex-cost`
documentation in [[git-annex]].
`git annex get` and some other commands can be used with `-J3` to
download multiple files at once. However, it only downloads
each file from the cheapest remote that has a copy.
It would perhaps be an interesting improvement to make it round-robin
amoung remotes if there are multiple ones that have the same cost.
"""]]

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* `--from=remote`
Normally git-annex will choose which remotes to get the content
from. Use this option to specify which remote to use.
from, preferring less expensive remotes. Use this option to specify
which remote to use.
Any files that are not available on the remote will be silently skipped.