From f08d8cdd61650b6fe072ef15abd9773c89ac8298 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: annexuser Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:23:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ...nt_the_assistant_from_downloading_all_data__63__.mdwn | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/How_to_prevent_the_assistant_from_downloading_all_data__63__.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/How_to_prevent_the_assistant_from_downloading_all_data__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/How_to_prevent_the_assistant_from_downloading_all_data__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1b1ddff469 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/How_to_prevent_the_assistant_from_downloading_all_data__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +I have a repository on my laptop with a single remote on a USB drive. Both were created without the assistant. + +The remote holds all the content. My understanding is that this would be a "backup" repository, using the group definitions. + +The local repository generally holds no content. When I want a file, I make sure the remote is available, and then I `git annex get` it. + +This works fine in git annex, but I'm now experimenting with the assistant. As soon as I fire up the assistant, it starts downloading all of the data from the remote. I don't ever want it to automatically get any content from the remote. If it sees new content in the repository, I would like it to push that out to the remote. But never get anything from the remote, and never drop anything that is in the repository. + +How can I setup this behaviour in the assistant? I have set the remote's repository group to "backup". The local repository is not in any group, since none of the groups fit my model for this repo.