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+Hi there, I have an old archive drive with ~300k files, ~2 TB data. They're files that I would like to use in my work, but I've had to move them off my machine due to space. I periodically copy files off of the archive when I need to work with them. This of course is before I had even heard of `git-annex`.
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+So now I'm wondering how I can start to integrate these files into my work. Two basic ideas I have are:
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+1. `git-annex` the whole thing right away, and `git annex get` them onto my local machine as needed.
+2. Start an empty annex on the archive drive. Move files from the old archive location into the annex as needed.
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+So basically I'm wondering between annexing the whole thing to start, or gradually building up the annex.
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+I have no idea how well `git-annex` will work with 300k files / 2 TB data.
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+How would you approach incorporating an old archive drive into a new annex?