diff --git a/doc/forum/git_annex_get_--want-get_another__95__repo/comment_3_cf2018852c84b0bf1ac061def6f0ac5d._comment b/doc/forum/git_annex_get_--want-get_another__95__repo/comment_3_cf2018852c84b0bf1ac061def6f0ac5d._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c6bd20e1ff --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git_annex_get_--want-get_another__95__repo/comment_3_cf2018852c84b0bf1ac061def6f0ac5d._comment @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm3vKzS4eOWYpKMoYXqMIjNsIg_nYF-loU" + nickname="Konubinix" + subject="That does it but not totally" + date="2014-03-13T11:36:02Z" + content=""" +I agree with the fact that it answers my initial question. + +Nevertheless, I guess it is really annoying to have to change the preferred content in two locations each time I change want to modify what is on my phone. +Indeed, I quite often change what should be really present on my phone, depending on several factors (my mood, the time I will have in transports and the phase of the moon). + +The reason why I use \"git annex wanted\" is that it is straightforward: I just launch : \"git annex wanted phone include=some/file\" and that's all. + +With the solution you propose, I would have to each time additionally launch \"git annex wanted here '(not inallgroup=phones and (include=some/file)) or ($desktop_preferred_content)'\" + +Where I probably have to previously launch \"git annex wanted here\" to remember what is the preferred content of my computer (and put it in $desktop_preferred_content). + +Another option would be to run \"git annex vicfg\" and edit both fields manually, but IMHO this appears also to be too complicated relatively to the use case. + +About your second comment, I really enjoy the idea if \"git annex sync --content\", but it is really long in big repositories. I guess it is because I cannot restrict the command to a directory like I do with get, drop, move and copy. + +Besides, the use case wants to get the files whenever they are and copy them only to the phone. With git annex sync --content, the files are also put in the other repositories. + +For the time being, I prefer falling back to explicit commands that are much faster when I know a directory to sync \"git annex get --auto directory && git annex copy --auto --to phone directory\". + +For example, I just tried \"git annex sync --content phone\" and I killed it after 5 minutes and nothing was copied yet. With the set of two commands above, the synchronization of directory (get --to phone directory + drop --from here directory) took about 3 minutes. +"""]] diff --git a/doc/forum/git_annex_get_--want-get_another__95__repo/comment_4_22562e8f1f2f91b9f9a5939ec9006cb5._comment b/doc/forum/git_annex_get_--want-get_another__95__repo/comment_4_22562e8f1f2f91b9f9a5939ec9006cb5._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..25624c2c04 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git_annex_get_--want-get_another__95__repo/comment_4_22562e8f1f2f91b9f9a5939ec9006cb5._comment @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm3vKzS4eOWYpKMoYXqMIjNsIg_nYF-loU" + nickname="Konubinix" + subject="Precision of the use case" + date="2014-03-13T11:47:59Z" + content=""" +I realized that the directory restriction described earlier is not clear. Let me explain it. + +Say I have a big repository of files with the following structure. + +A/... +B/... +C/... +D/D1/... +D/D2/... +D/D3/... + +Imagine that each of A, B, C and D contains a lot of files. + +Now imagine that I have often put in the preferred content of my phone files in one of D1, D2 or D3. (for instance, include=D/D1/*) + +I implicitly know that I can restrict the command to D, and I can rely on preferred content to know what file from D I have to put into my phone. + +Then, I can run + $ git annex get --auto D + $ git annex copy --auto --to phone D + $ git annex drop --auto D + +This in my use case takes 3 minutes. + +When I run + $ git annex sync --content phone + +git annex goes recursively through A, B and C and that takes a long time (much more than 3 minutes). This time is really wasted since I know I only want to sync files from D. + +I cannot test the behavior of \"git annex sync --content\", but if I restrict the sync to phone, will it take the files from the NAS to put them on the phone? +If I don't precise phone in the command line, it will try to sync with other repositories not in sync that I don't want to be in sync for the time being. +"""]]