NAME

       git-annex-mincopies - configure minimum number of copies

SYNOPSIS

       git annex mincopies N

DESCRIPTION

       Tells  git-annex  how many copies it is required to preserve of files, over all repositories. The default
       is 1.

       Run without a number to get the current value.

       This configuration is stored in the git-annex branch, so it will be seen by all clones of the repository.
       It can be overridden on a per-file basis by the annex.mincopies setting in .gitattributes files,  or  can
       be overridden temporarily with the --mincopies option.

       This  supplements  the  git-annex-numcopies(1) setting.  In unusual situations, involving special remotes
       that do not support locking, and concurrent drops of the same content from  multiple  repositories,  git-
       annex  may violate the numcopies setting.  In these unusual situations, git-annex ensures that the number
       of copies never goes below mincopies.

       It is a good idea to not only rely on only setting mincopies. Set numcopies as well, to a larger  number,
       and  keep  mincopies  at  the  bare minimum you're comfortable with. Setting mincopies to a large number,
       rather than setting numcopies will in some cases prevent droping content in entirely safe situations.

OPTIONS

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

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1) git-annex-numcopies(1) git-annex-config(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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