Document --backup import behaviour #1788
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Thanks a lot for this! Great start. Needs some clarification and expansion still. Oh, and formatting! Please see https://dvc.org/doc/user-guide/contributing/docs#development-environment
| ## Checkout failed with `store: false` outputs {#checkout-no-store} | ||
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| DVC is unable to checkout any output that is not present in the | ||
| <abbr>cache</abbr>.This can usually be solved by fetching from | ||
| [import storage](/doc/command-reference/remote). However, If `store: false` | ||
| is used in a `.dvc` file, `dvc pull` and `dvc fetch` won't attempt to retrieve the | ||
| data from a DVC remote. |
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We may need to update this title, anchor, and description a little per iterative/dvc#4581 (review)...
| is used in a `.dvc` file, `dvc pull` and `dvc fetch` won't attempt to retrieve the | ||
| data from a DVC remote. | ||
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| To solve this, you must provide the file locally. |
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Is it possible to suggest more elaborate possible solution(s) that will cover most of the cases? Not sure what the options are but off the top of my head: push the data from the original repo; remove store: false and try fetch/pull again; re-import; what else? If you can just write them here I'll copy edit it as needed. Thanks!
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| - `store`: Whether this file or directory can be | ||
| [pushed](/doc/command-reference/push) and | ||
| [pulled](/doc/command-reference/pull) to/from | ||
| [remote storage](/doc/command-reference/remote) (`true` by default for | ||
| all outputs except for imports, where it is `false` by default). See |
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except for imports
Per #1865 (comment) this isn't the only exception. External outputs are also never stored remotely (since they are already in an external cache).
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Closing this as stale. We can reopen when/if the core PR gets merged. Thanks |
Documenting the changes in iterative/dvc#4581
REVIEW UPDATE: Jump to #1788 (comment)