From 98b2917b59ed8ed0de67ab29ef72c1a4754aed14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 20:01:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] document move/copy --fast and --force There was documentation in 66285ca3d1abb21dc1e17d54c7215e96ba46aba2, but it was lost in the man page split. I don't know if this --force is very useful. Considered removing it instead.. --- doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn | 9 ++++++--- doc/git-annex-move.mdwn | 12 ++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn index 50b407c3c5..ecf78e9050 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn @@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ Copies the content of files from or to another remote. * `--fast` - Avoid contacting the remote to check if it has every file when copying - --to it. + When copying content to a remote, avoid a round trip to check if the remote + already has content. This can be faster, but might skip copying content + to the remote in some cases. * `--force` - Force checking the remote for every file when copying --from it. + When copying content from a remote, ignore location tracking information + and always check if the remote has content. Can be useful if the location + tracking information is out of date. * `--all` diff --git a/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn index 6bf24309b1..0aa349dee5 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn @@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ Moves the content of files from or to another remote. Use this option to move a specified key. +* `--fast` + + When moving content to a remote, avoid a round trip to check if the remote + already has content. This can be faster, but might skip moving content + to the remote in some cases. + +* `--force` + + When moving content from a remote, ignore location tracking information + and always check if the remote has content. Can be useful if the location + tracking information is out of date. + * file matching options The [[git-annex-matching-options]](1)