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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