NAME

       git-annex-numcopies - configure desired number of copies

SYNOPSIS

       git annex numcopies N

DESCRIPTION

       Tells git-annex how many copies it should 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.numcopies setting in .gitattributes files, or can
       be overridden temporarily with the --numcopies option.

       When git-annex is asked to drop a file, it first verifies that the number  of  copies  can  be  satisfied
       among all the other repositories that have a copy of the file.

       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. It still guarantees
       at least 1 copy is preserved. This can be configured by using git-annex-mincopies(1)

OPTIONS

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

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1) git-annex-mincopies(1) git-annex-config(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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