git-annex/ forum/ "next time Im online I would like to have file x y z"

git-annex is seriously cool, however I havent figured out an important detail: in the short presentation Richard Hartmann mentions the Nomad use case and says "... next time Im online I would like to have file x y z ... " How can this be achieved exactly? If I do a git annex copy/get then it will want to do it instantly, not queuing it. thanks a lot! Aron

comment 1

What I do for this is maintain a todo directory and cp -a + git annex add files I want to download into this directory. the cp -a maintains the symlinks and git annex add fixes them if needed.

Also this works the same way if the situation is reversed and the machine you want to download the files onto is not online. You can add files to the todo directory on the server, then once the client machine is online do a git annex sync + git annex get todo.

Comment by https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmBUR4O9mofxVbpb8JV9mEbVfIYv670uJo — Thu Jul 19 14:41:39 2012
comment 2
hmm not bad workaround but still not very comfortable, thanks though.
Comment by https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnbBRfl5F8gKRr1ko8Ai6FbEZStXXNF1S4 — Thu Jul 19 22:41:53 2012
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