#3981·kubo

"ipfs get" using the Filestore

Author: progvalCreated Jun 14, 2017Updated Sep 2, 2026
Labelskind/enhancementexp/expertP3need/maintainers-inputeffort/weeks

Type:

Enhancement

Severity:

Medium

Description:

ipfs add now has an experimental --no-copy option, which allows to make a file/directory known to IPFS, and serve it to other peers from its original place on the hard disk.

Could you add a similar feature to ipfs get to write files to the filesystem, without adding them in ~/.ipfs too (assuming they are not already there)?

Thanks!