From 63f13d92cf764f26a98c234531090eca5c75462a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jkniiv Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 21:01:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add an inline comment about `--fast` vs. `--no-content` wrt. git-annex-import --- doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn b/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn index 98a15ffa11..a1c37b0e93 100644 --- a/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn @@ -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.