From f0a67ca1ce50570d580b1a5324fa9549c4679537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Worley <scottworley@scottworley.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:05:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Drop faster: batch drops by volume

---
 annex-ec | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/annex-ec b/annex-ec
index a87636f..d569fcc 100755
--- a/annex-ec
+++ b/annex-ec
@@ -111,20 +111,25 @@ for f in ec/"$name.vol"*;do
   i=$((i+1))
 done
 
-i=0
 for f;do
-  target_volume="${volumes[i]}"
   echo "${f// /[[:space:]]} annex.numcopies=1" >> .gitattributes
-  for volume in here "${volumes[@]}";do
+done
+
+for volume in here "${volumes[@]}";do
+  i=0
+  to_drop=()
+  for f;do
+    target_volume="${volumes[i]}"
     if [[ "$volume" != "$target_volume" ]]; then
-      if [[ "$volume" == here ]];then
-        git annex drop "$f"
-      else
-        git annex drop --from "$volume" "$f"
-      fi
+      to_drop+=( "$f" )
     fi
+    i=$((i+1))
   done
-  i=$((i+1))
+  if [[ "$volume" == here ]];then
+    git annex drop "${to_drop[@]}"
+  else
+    git annex drop --from "$volume" "${to_drop[@]}"
+  fi
 done
 git add .gitattributes
 
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