copy --auto

Only does copy when numcopies is not yet satisfied.

Command/Copy.hs

@@ -9,11 +9,20 @@ module Command.Copy where
 
 import Command
 import qualified Command.Move
+import Utility
 
 command :: [Command]
 command = [repoCommand "copy" paramPaths seek
 	"copy content of files to/from another repository"]
 
--- A copy is just a move that does not delete the source file.
 seek :: [CommandSeek]
-seek = [withFilesInGit $ Command.Move.start False]
+seek = [withNumCopies start]
+
+-- A copy is just a move that does not delete the source file.
+-- However, --auto mode avoids unnecessary copies.
+start :: CommandStartAttrFile
+start (file, attr) = isAnnexed file $ \(key, _) ->
+	autoCopies key (<) numcopies $
+		Command.Move.start False file
+	where
+		numcopies = readMaybe attr

debian/changelog

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ git-annex (3.20110907) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Fix build without S3.
   * addurl: Always use whole url as destination filename, rather than
     only its file component.
-  * get, drop: Added --auto option, which decides whether to get/drop
+  * get, drop, copy: Added --auto option, which decides whether
-    content as needed to work toward the configured numcopies.
+    to get/drop content as needed to work toward the configured numcopies.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:59:15 -0400
 

doc/walkthrough/automatically_managing_content.mdwn

@@ -36,3 +36,6 @@ work toward having two copies of your files.
 	whereis other_file (2 copies)
 		0c443de8-e644-11df-acbf-f7cd7ca6210d  -- laptop
 		7570b02e-15e9-11e0-adf0-9f3f94cb2eaa  -- backup drive
+
+The --auto option can also be used with the copy command,
+again this lets git-annex decide whether to actually copy content.