diff --git a/doc/design/adjusted_branches/comment_5_882520747d41500d0ea8a18ab817121c._comment b/doc/design/adjusted_branches/comment_5_882520747d41500d0ea8a18ab817121c._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..91f5d824c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/adjusted_branches/comment_5_882520747d41500d0ea8a18ab817121c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="zack" + subject="adjusted branche to "focus" on a specific subtree" + date="2016-08-22T14:19:57Z" + content=""" +I'm having hard time supporting the following use case with git-annex: + +* using git annex so that \"git annex sync --content\" import in batch pictures from a camera SD card +* destination of the import is a \"pictures/INCOMING\" subdir of a larger \"multimedia archive\" annex +* I do not want to have all the other folders of the annex (parent and siblings of pictures/INCOMING) present on the SD card + +I wonder if adjusted branches might be a solution to this. +Do I get it right that \"unlocked\" is currently the only supported kind of adjustment? + +If so, I'm not sure what would be needed to make the above use case feasible. +At first sight though, commits int the adjusted branch that \"mounts\" pictures/INCOMING/ are conceptually easy to translate to the main branch: the changes would be the same, only they'll have to be applied in a specific subtree. +They won't merge cleanly though. + +Is this an interesting/worthwhile use case for adjusted branches, or am I looking into the wrong part of git-annex design? + +Thanks for this amazing tool! +"""]]