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@@ -16,8 +16,35 @@ Combined, this would allow `git annex drop --numcopies=2 --trust=repoa --trust=r
 
 [[wishlist:_git-annex_replicate]] suggests some way for git-annex to have the smarts to copy content around on its own to ensure numcopies is satisfied. I'd be satisfied with a `git annex copy --to foo --if-needed-by-numcopies`
 
+  > Contrary to the "basic" solution, I would love to have a git annex distribute which is smart enough to simply distribute all data according to certain rules. My ideal, personal use case during the next holidays where I will have two external disks, several SD cards with 32 GB each and a local disk with 20 GB (yes....) would be:
+
+    cd ~/photos.annex # this repository does not have any objects!
+    git annex inject --bare /path/to/SD/card  # this adds softlinks, but does **not** add anything to the index. it would calculate checksums (if enabled) and have to add a temporary location list, though
+    git annex distribute # this checks the config. it would see that my two external disks have a low cost whereas the two remotes have a higher cost.
+     # check numcopies. it's 3
+     # copy to external disk one (cost x)
+     # copy to external disk two (cost x)
+     # copy to remote one (cost x * 2)
+     # remove file from temporary tracking list
+    git annex fsck # everything ok. yay!
+
+Come to think of it, the inject --bare thing is probably not a microfeature. Should I add a new wishlist item for that? -- RichiH
+
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 Along similar lines, it might be nice to have a mode where git-annex tries to fill up a disk up to the `annex.diskreserve` with files, preferring files that have relatively few copies. Then as storage prices continue to fall, new large drives could just be plopped in and git-annex used to fill it up in a way that improves the overall redundancy without needing to manually pick and choose.
 
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+
+If a remote could send on received files to another remote, I could use my own local bandwith efficiently while still having my git-annex repos replicate data. -- RichiH
+
+---
+
+Really micro:
+
+    % grep annex-push .git/config
+        annex-push = !git pull && git annex add . && git annex copy . --to origin --fast --quiet && git commit -a -m "$HOST $(date +%F--%H-%M-%S-%Z)" && git push
+    %
+
+-- RichiH
 --[[Joey]]