1git-annex-numcopies(1)      General Commands Manual     git-annex-numcopies(1)
2
3
4

NAME

6       git-annex-numcopies - configure desired number of copies
7

SYNOPSIS

9       git annex numcopies N
10

DESCRIPTION

12       Tells  git-annex  how many copies it should preserve of files, over all
13       repositories. The default is 1.
14
15       Run without a number to get the current value.
16
17       This configuration is stored in the git-annex branch,  so  it  will  be
18       seen  by  all  clones  of  the  repository.  It  can be overridden on a
19       per-file basis by the annex.numcopies setting in .gitattributes  files,
20       or can be overridden temporarily with the --numcopies option.
21
22       When git-annex is asked to drop a file, it first verifies that the num‐
23       ber of copies can be satisfied among all the  other  repositories  that
24       have a copy of the file.
25
26       In  unusual  situations,  involving special remotes that do not support
27       locking, and concurrent drops of the same content from multiple reposi‐
28       tories,  git-annex  may violate the numcopies setting. It still guaran‐
29       tees at least 1 copy is preserved. This can be configured by using git-
30       annex-mincopies(1)
31

OPTIONS

33       The git-annex-common-options(1) can be used.
34

SEE ALSO

36       git-annex(1) git-annex-mincopies(1)
37

AUTHOR

39       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
40
41                                                        git-annex-numcopies(1)