diff --git a/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn b/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn index a1c37b0e93..27e447d569 100644 --- a/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/remove_legacy_import_directory_interface.mdwn @@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ interface. --[[Joey]] +> Just a small plea. 🙏 +> I'd rather see the the old functionality spared, although in a gutted +> form as a command called `git-annex-ingest` (as the name was suggested by +> [[Ilya_Shlyakhter]] in [[change git-annex-import not to delete original files by default]]). +> It would have none of the presumably confusing `--*duplicate*` options. +> It would still *move* files into the annex thus saving a lot of disk space +> when you're in a tight spot; as I see it for instance the "import with no options" +> case as suggested below would pretty much double the disk space +> requirements during the import. Also ingesting/importing huge files +> by moving instead of copying them into the annex saves a lot of time, too. +> --[[jkniiv]] + Let's consider the cases: ## import with no options