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| author | http://hendry.iki.fi/ <Kai_Hendry@web> | 2015-03-25 03:04:54 +0000 |
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| committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2015-03-25 03:04:54 +0000 |
| commit | 3c59421cb78a6b07b25014275015299b42485350 (patch) | |
| tree | dfbbb4997629452098218679a76f804dca593b3f | |
| parent | 00879634b6784e8e341bceadab4da7976fe5a478 (diff) | |
Can't figure out how to change the poorly named entry
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diff --git a/doc/forum/copy_and_move__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/copy_and_move__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..88ce775034 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/copy_and_move__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +My use case is that I [import media](http://ix.io/h6m) from my iphone/gopro to my laptop. I then want to upload them to [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/) (JPG/PNG) and S3 (MP4). However I want to keep a backup using git-annex onto a external USB drive. + +# How do I quickly copy and drop? + +I realise I can: + +1. git-annex add 2014-* +* git-annex copy --to 2tbusbdrive +* git-annex drop 2014-* + +But that's several steps. Is there a quicker way? + +# How do drop only files I've actually uploaded? + +In the past, I've just marked files as uploaded by `touch "$media.uploaded"` once my python Flickr script returns a successful error code. But I have no idea how to tell git-annex that this means the file can now be dropped, providing a copy exists on my **2tbusbdrive**. + +# Furthermore keeping a clean deck + +Tbh I don't want the old upload files/directories cluttering up my _uploadme_ directory. Can I just delete them or configure drop to remove the filename too? |