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NAME

6       git-annex-matchexpression - checks if an expression matches
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SYNOPSIS

9       git annex matchexpression expression [data]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  plumbing-level  command  is given a preferred content expression,
13       and some data, and checks if the expression matches the data. It  exits
14       0 if it matches, and 1 if not. If not enough data was provided, it dis‐
15       plays an error and exits with special code 42.
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17       For example, this will exit 0:
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19        git   annex   matchexpression   "include=*.png   and   largerthan=1mb"
20       --file=foo.png --size=10mb
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OPTIONS

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25              Provide  the  filename to match against. Note that the file does
26              not have to actually exist on disk.
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29              Tell what the size of the file is. The  size  can  be  specified
30              with  any  commonly  used  units,  for example, "0.5 gb" or "100
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33       --key= Tell what key is being  matched  against.  This  is  needed  for
34              matching  expressions like "copies=N" and "metadata=tag=foo" and
35              "present", which all need to look up the information on file for
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38              Many  keys  have  a known size, and so --size is not needed when
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42              Parse the expression as an annex.largefiles  expression,  rather
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45       --mimetype=
46              Tell  what  the mime type of the file is. Only needed when using
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50              Tell what the mime encoding of the file is. Only needed when us‐
51              ing --largefiles with a mimeencoding= expression.
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53       Also the git-annex-common-options(1) can be used.
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SEE ALSO

56       git-annex(1)
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58       git-annex-preferred-content(1)
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60       git-annex-matching-expression(1)
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AUTHOR

63       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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