git-annex-sync(1)

NAME

   git-annex-sync - synchronize local repository with remotes

SYNOPSIS

   git annex sync [remote ...]

DESCRIPTION

   Use this command when you want to synchronize the local repository with
   one or more of its remotes. You can  specify  the  remotes  (or  remote
   groups)  to  sync with by name; the default if none are specified is to
   sync with all remotes.

   The sync process involves first committing any local changes  to  files
   that  have  previously  been added to the repository, then fetching and
   merging the synced/master and the  git-annex  branch  from  the  remote
   repositories, and finally pushing the changes back to those branches on
   the remote repositories. You can use standard git commands to  do  each
   of  those  steps  by  hand,  or  if  you  don't want to worry about the
   details, you can use sync.

   The content of annexed objects  is  not  synced  by  default,  but  the
   --content option (see below) can make that also be synchronized.

   Merge conflicts are automatically handled by sync. When two conflicting
   versions of a file have been committed, both will be added to the tree,
   under  different  filenames.  For example, file "foo" would be replaced
   with "foo.somekey" and "foo.otherkey".

   Note that syncing with a remote will not update  the  remote's  working
   tree  with changes made to the local repository. However, those changes
   are pushed to the remote, so they can be merged into its  working  tree
   by running "git annex sync" on the remote.

OPTIONS

   --fast

          Only  sync  with  the  remotes  with the lowest annex-cost value
          configured.

   --commit, --no-commit
          A commit is done by default. Use --no-commit to avoid committing
          local changes.

   --message=msg
          Use this option to specify a commit message.

   --pull, --no-pull
          By default, git pulls from remotes. Use --no-pull to disable.

   --push, --no-push
          By default, git pushes to remotes. Use --no-push to disable.

   --content, --no-content
          Normally,  syncing  does  not  transfer  the contents of annexed
          files.  The --content option causes the content of files in  the
          work tree to also be uploaded and downloaded as necessary.

          Normally  this  tries  to get each annexed file in the work tree
          that the local repository  does not yet have,  and  then  copies
          each  file  in  the work tree to every remote that it is syncing
          with.  This  behavior  can  be  overridden  by  configuring  the
          preferred     content     of     a    repository.    See    git-
          annex-preferred-content(1).

   --all  This option, when combined with --content, makes  all  available
          versions of all files be synced, when preferred content settings
          allow.

          Note that  preferred  content  settings  that  use  include=  or
          exclude=  will  only match the version of files currently in the
          work tree, but not past versions of files.

   --jobs=N -JN
          Enables parallel syncing with up to the specified number of jobs
          running at once. For example: -J10

          When there are multiple git remotes, pushes will be made to them
          in parallel. Pulls are not done in parallel because  that  tends
          to  be  less  efficient. When --content is synced, the files are
          processed in parallel as well.

SEE ALSO

   git-annex(1)

   git-annex-preferred-content(1)

AUTHOR

   Joey Hess <[email protected]>

                                                         git-annex-sync(1)

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