git-annex-mincopies(1)      General Commands Manual     git-annex-mincopies(1)

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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