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6 git-annex-add - adds files to the git annex
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9 git annex add [path ...]
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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
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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
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23 nex.dotfiles can be configured to annex those too.) See the git-annex
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26 Large files are added to the annex in locked form, which prevents fur‐
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28 lock(1). (This is not the case however when a repository is in a
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38 # git commit -m added
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41 --no-check-gitignore
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46 Treat all files as large files, ignoring annex.largefiles and
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50 Treat all files as small files, ignoring annex.largefiles and
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98 git-annex(1)
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100 git-annex-unlock(1)
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106 git-annex-import(1)
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110 git-annex-reinject(1)
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113 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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