# Sync-to by Snapshots

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/sync-to-by-snapshots/874>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 23, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/sync-to-by-snapshots/874 "2022-01-23T22:56:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![randomABC123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@randomABC123](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/randomABC123)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/sync-to-by-snapshots/874/1 "2022-01-23T22:56:21Z")

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Is there any way synchronize by snapshots rather than the whole repository?

`kopia repository sync-to gcs --bucket my-bucket` syncs the whole repository. But to save costs I want to replicate only critical snapshots or directories.

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**Author:** ![9-2-1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/9-2-1/32/931_2.png) [@9-2-1](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/9-2-1)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/sync-to-by-snapshots/874/2 "2024-02-02T15:17:36Z")

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Use `snapshot migrate` to copy certain snapshots.