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NAME

6       git-annex-add - adds files to the git annex
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SYNOPSIS

9       git annex add [path ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Adds  the  specified  files  to the annex. If a directory is specified,
13       acts on all files inside the directory and its subdirectories.   If  no
14       path is specified, adds files from the current directory and below.
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16       Files that are already checked into git and are unmodified, or that git
17       has been configured to ignore will be silently skipped.
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19       If annex.largefiles is configured, and does not match a file, git annex
20       add will behave the same as git add and add the non-large file directly
21       to the git repository, instead of to the annex.
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23       Large files are added to the annex in locked form, which prevents  fur‐
24       ther   modification   of   their   content   unless  unlocked  by  git-
25       annex-unlock(1).  (This is not the case however when a repository is in
26       a  filesystem not supporting symlinks, or is in direct mode.)  To add a
27       file to the annex in unlocked form, git add can be used  instead  (that
28       only works when the repository has annex.version 6 or higher).
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30       This  command  can also be used to add symbolic links, both symlinks to
31       annexed content, and other symlinks.
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OPTIONS

34       --include-dotfiles
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36              Dotfiles are skipped unless explicitly listed,  or  unless  this
37              option is used.
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39       --force
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42       --backend
43              Specifies which key-value backend to use.
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45       file matching options
46              Many of the git-annex-matching-options(1) can be used to specify
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49              For example: --largerthan=1GB
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51       --jobs=N -JN
52              Adds multiple files in parallel. This may be faster.  For  exam‐
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55       --update -u
56              Like  git  add  --update,  this  does not add new files, but any
57              updates to tracked files will be added to the index.
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59       --json Enable JSON output. This is intended to be  parsed  by  programs
60              that use git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
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62       --json-error-messages
63              Messages  that  would  normally  be output to standard error are
64              included in the json instead.
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66       --batch
67              Enables batch mode, in which a file to add is  read  in  a  line
68              from stdin, the file is added, and repeat.
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70              Note  that if a file is skipped (due to not existing, being git‐
71              ignored, already being in git,  or  doesn't  meet  the  matching
72              options),  an  empty  line  will be output instead of the normal
73              output produced when adding a file.
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75       -z     Makes the --batch input be delimited by  nulls  instead  of  the
76              usual newlines.
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SEE ALSO

79       git-annex(1)
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81       git-annex-unlock(1)
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83       git-annex-lock(1)
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85       git-annex-undo(1)
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87       git-annex-import(1)
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89       git-annex-unannex(1)
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91       git-annex-reinject(1)
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AUTHOR

94       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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