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+I have the following vicfg,
+
+group UUID1 = PodA
+group UUID2 = PodA
+group UUID3 = PodA
+group UUID4 = PodB
+
+wanted UUID1 = groupwanted
+wanted UUID2 = groupwanted
+wanted UUID3 = groupwanted
+wanted UUID4 = groupwanted
+
+groupwanted PodA = present and not copies=PodA:1
+groupwanted PodB = present and not copies=PodB:1
+
+at this point repos 1 2 3 combined has 1 copy of each file and repo 4 has full copy of all files. (used to move files around manually before grouping repos). 
+
+What I am trying to achieve is to have a copy of a file in one of the 3 repos (1 2 3) and one copy in 4. running git annex get --auto starts getting all files, files with copies on other disks. testing using git annex find --want-get --not --in . returns all remaining files not in the repo but has enough copies on other repos both PodA and PodB has copies. numofcopies is set to 2.