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32 lines
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Say I have:
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$> git remote
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Alpha
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Beta
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Gamma
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Delta
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It is easy to sync with all repos via:
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$> git annex sync
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Or specific repos via:
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$> git annex sync Alpha Beta
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However, it is currently awkward to exclude specific repos. Is it possible to 'invert' or 'negate' specific remotes, so that the following are equivalent?
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$> git annex sync \! Gamma
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$> git annex sync Alpha Beta Delta
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This problem comes up surprisingly often due to:
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1. An external host being temporarily down (which causes sync to hang for a while),
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2. Repos being available, but the machine is under heavy IO load or memory pressure,
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3. Repos on external drives that are swapped out and mounted to a specific location (e.g., /mnt/),
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4. Wanting to roll out repo-wide changes in stages, or keeping 1-2 repos untouched for whatever reason, or
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5. Some repos being too large for a machine (e.g., repacking fails due to low memory), but which can still act like a dumb file-store.
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The problem gets worse when you have a lot of remotes or a lot of repos to manage (I have both). My impression is that this feature would require a syntax addition for git-annex-sync only. I like '!' because it behaves the same in GNU find and sh.
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[[!tag needsthought]]
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