add an inline comment about --fast vs. --no-content wrt. git-annex-import

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jkniiv 2023-06-24 21:01:43 +00:00 committed by admin
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@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ whole trees, perhaps configured by preferred content settings
> This is now addressed; `--fast` import from directory special remotes
> followed by `git-annex get` of the files that are wanted. --[[Joey]]
>> By `--fast` do you actually mean `--no-content` because I can't
>> seem to find `--fast` documented in the manual page of [[git-annex-import]]?
>> Otherwise, what would a `--fast` operation mean in this context? --[[jkniiv]]
Another pain point is that to remove files from an export,
the user has to create trees that lack the files they want to remove.
[[drop_from_export_remote]] will resolve that.