NAME

       git-annex-copy - copy content of files to/from another repository

SYNOPSIS

       git annex copy [path ...] [--from=remote|--to=remote]

DESCRIPTION

       Copies the content of files from or to another remote.

       With  no  parameters,  operates  on  all  annexed  files  in  the  current  directory.  Paths of files or
       directories to operate on can be specified.

OPTIONS

       --from=remote

              Copy the content of files from the specified remote to the local repository.

              Any files that are not available on the remote will be silently skipped.

       --to=remote
              Copy the content of files from the local repository to the specified remote.

       --to=here
              Copy the content of files from all reachable remotes to the local repository.

       --from=remote1 --to=remote2
              Copy the content of files that are in remote1 to remote2.

              This is implemented by first downloading the content from remote1 to the local repository (if  not
              already  present),  then  sending  it  to  remote2,  and  then deleting the content from the local
              repository (if it was not present to start with).

       --from-anywhere --to=remote
              Copy to the remote files from the local repository as well as from any reachable remotes.

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

              Setting this to "cpus" will run one job per CPU core.

              Note that when using --from with --to, twice this many jobs will run at once, evenly split between
              the two remotes.

       --auto Rather than copying all specified files, only copy those that don't yet have the desired number of
              copies,   or   that   are   preferred   content   of   the   destination   repository.   See  git-
              annex-preferred-content(1)

       --fast When copying content to a remote, avoid a round trip to check if the remote already  has  content.
              This can be faster, but might skip copying content to the remote in some cases.

       --all -A
              Rather  than  specifying a filename or path to copy, this option can be used to copy all available
              versions of all files.

              This is the default behavior when running git-annex in a bare repository.

       --branch=ref
              Operate on files in the specified branch or treeish.

       --unused
              Operate on files found by last run of git-annex unused.

       --failed
              Operate on files that have recently failed to be transferred.

       --key=keyname
              Use this option to copy a specified key.

       matching options
              The git-annex-matching-options(1) can be used to specify what to copy.

       --batch
              Enables batch mode, in which lines containing names of files to copy are read from stdin.

              As each specified file is processed, the usual progress output is displayed. If a  file's  content
              does  not  need  to  be  copied,  or it does not match specified matching options, or it is not an
              annexed file, a blank line is output in response instead.

              Since the usual output while copying a file is verbose and not machine-parseable, you may want  to
              use --json in combination with --batch.

       --batch-keys
              This is like --batch but the lines read from stdin are parsed as keys.

       -z     Makes batch input be delimited by nulls instead of the usual newlines.

       --json Enable  JSON  output.  This  is intended to be parsed by programs that use git-annex. Each line of
              output is a JSON object.

       --json-progress
              Include progress objects in JSON output.

       --json-error-messages
              Messages that would normally be output to standard error are included in the JSON instead.

       Also the git-annex-common-options(1) can be used.

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-get(1)

       git-annex-move(1)

       git-annex-drop(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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