NAME

       git-annex-sync - synchronize local repository with remotes

SYNOPSIS

       git annex sync [remote ...]

DESCRIPTION

       This command synchronizes the local repository with its remotes.

       The  sync process involves first committing any local changes to files that have previously been added to
       the repository, then fetching and merging the synced/master and the  git-annex  branch  from  the  remote
       repositories,  and finally pushing the changes back to those branches on the remote repositories. You can
       use standard git commands to do each of those steps by hand, or if you don't  want  to  worry  about  the
       details, you can use sync.

       The  content  of  annexed objects is not synced by default, but the --content option (see below) can make
       that also be synchronized.

       Note that syncing with a remote will not normally update the remote's working tree with changes  made  to
       the  local  repository.  (Unless  it's configured with receive.denyCurrentBranch=updateInstead.) However,
       those changes are pushed to the remote, so they can be merged into its working tree by running "git annex
       sync" on the remote.

OPTIONS

       [remote]

              By default, all remotes are synced, except for remotes that have remote.<name>.annex-sync  set  to
              false.  By  specifying the names of remotes (or remote groups), you can control which ones to sync
              with.

       --fast Only sync with the remotes with the lowest annex-cost value configured.

       --commit, --no-commit
              A commit is done by default (unless annex.autocommit is set to false).

              Use --no-commit to avoid committing local changes.

       --message=msg
              Use this option to specify a commit message.

       --pull, --no-pull
              By default, git pulls from remotes. Use --no-pull to disable all pulling.

              When remote.<name>.annex-pull or remote.<name>.annex-sync are set to false,  pulling  is  disabled
              for those remotes, and using --pull will not enable it.

       --push, --no-push
              By default, git pushes changes to remotes.  Use --no-push to disable all pushing.

              When    remote.<name>.annex-push    or    remote.<name>.annex-sync    are   set   to   false,   or
              remote.<name>.annex-readonly is set to true, pushing is disabled  for  those  remotes,  and  using
              --push will not enable it.

       --content, --no-content
              Normally,  syncing  does  not transfer the contents of annexed files.  The --content option causes
              the content of files in the work tree to also be uploaded and downloaded as necessary.

              The annex.synccontent configuration can be set to true to make content be synced by default.

              Normally this tries to get each annexed file in the work tree that the local repository  does  not
              yet  have,  and  then  copies  each file in the work tree to every remote that it is syncing with.
              This behavior can be overridden by configuring the preferred content of  a  repository.  See  git-
              annex-preferred-content(1).

              When  a  special  remote  is  configured as an export and is tracking a branch, the export will be
              updated to the current content of the branch.  See git-annex-export(1).

       --content-of=path -C path
              While --content operates on all annexed files in the work tree, --content-of allows  limiting  the
              transferred files to ones in a given location.

              This option can be repeated multiple times with different paths.

       --all  This  option,  when  combined with --content, makes all available versions of all files be synced,
              when preferred content settings allow.

              Note that preferred content settings that use include= or exclude= will only match the version  of
              files currently in the work tree, but not past versions of files.

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

              When there are multiple git remotes, pushes will be made to them in parallel. Pulls are  not  done
              in  parallel  because  that  tends  to  be less efficient. When --content is synced, the files are
              processed in parallel as well.

       --resolvemerge, --no-resolvemerge
              By default, merge conflicts are automatically handled by sync. When two conflicting versions of  a
              file  have been committed, both will be added to the tree, under different filenames. For example,
              file  "foo"  would   be   replaced   with   "foo.variant-A"   and   "foo.variant-B".   (See   git-
              annex-resolvemerge(1) for details.)

              Use --no-resolvemerge to disable this automatic merge conflict resolution. It can also be disabled
              by setting annex.resolvemerge to false.

       --cleanup
              Removes the local and remote synced/ branches, which were created and pushed by git-annex sync.

              This  can  come  in handy when you've synced a change to remotes and now want to reset your master
              branch back before that change. So you run git reset and force-push the master branch to  remotes,
              only to find that the next git annex merge or git annex sync brings the changes back. Why? Because
              the synced/master branch is hanging around and still has the change in it. Cleaning up the synced/
              branches prevents that problem.

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-preferred-content(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

                                                                                               git-annex-sync(1)