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Geo: Enable geo_skip_download_if_exists by default

Merged Michael Kozono requested to merge mkozono-master-patch-33074 into master
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ When a secondary site is added, if it contains data that would otherwise be sync
- Git repositories are transferred by `git fetch`, which only transfers missing refs.
- Geo's container registry sync code compares tags and only pulls missing tags.
- [Blobs/files](#skipping-re-transfer-of-files) are skipped if they exist on the first sync.
- [Blobs/files](#skipping-re-transfer-of-blobs-or-files) are skipped if they exist on the first sync.
This behavior is useful when:
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ This behavior is useful when:
### Skipping re-transfer of blobs or files
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352530) in GitLab 16.8 [with a flag](../feature_flags.md) named `geo_skip_download_if_exists`. Disabled by default.
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/352530) in GitLab 16.8 [with a flag](../../feature_flags.md) named `geo_skip_download_if_exists`. Disabled by default.
FLAG:
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available, an administrator can [enable the feature flag](../feature_flags.md) named `geo_skip_download_if_exists`.
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available, an administrator can [enable the feature flag](../../feature_flags.md) named `geo_skip_download_if_exists`.
On GitLab.com, this feature is not available.
When you add a secondary site which has preexisting file data, then the secondary Geo site will avoid re-transferring that data. This applies to:
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