diff --git a/doc/tips/deleting_unwanted_files/comment_1_2d3cf347c754047875a26d7f73c6fbb2._comment b/doc/tips/deleting_unwanted_files/comment_1_2d3cf347c754047875a26d7f73c6fbb2._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5d0e709212 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/deleting_unwanted_files/comment_1_2d3cf347c754047875a26d7f73c6fbb2._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="fbaca1610@41d03d827c5fd52d594eef456b6196c057c0944f" + nickname="fbaca1610" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/43f0d5bb6f1b878853d43f69600310cd" + subject="dropunused and copies" + date="2020-10-15T10:19:16Z" + content=""" +Hey there, love git annex! + +I have a (silly?) question: `git annex dropunused` tells me that there are not enough copies. I agree it is a good thing or at least might be in some cases. + +The problem is this: I have synced and used `git annex copy --to` for all my repositories and still I have unused files that `dropunused` will not delete, since it finds no copies. + +Am I doing something wrong here? Why are these (now) unused files not copied and therefore okay to delete locally? +"""]]