1git-annex-whereis(1) General Commands Manual git-annex-whereis(1)
2
3
4
6 git-annex-whereis - lists repositories that have file content
7
9 git annex whereis [path ...]
10
12 Displays information about where the contents of files are located.
13
14 For example:
15
16 # git annex whereis
17 whereis my_cool_big_file (1 copy)
18 0c443de8-e644-11df-acbf-f7cd7ca6210d -- laptop
19 whereis other_file (3 copies)
20 0c443de8-e644-11df-acbf-f7cd7ca6210d -- laptop
21 62b39bbe-4149-11e0-af01-bb89245a1e61 -- usb drive [here]
22 7570b02e-15e9-11e0-adf0-9f3f94cb2eaa -- backup drive
23
24 Note that this command does not contact remotes to verify if they still
25 have the content of files. It only reports on the last information that
26 was received from remotes.
27
29 matching options
30
31 The git-annex-matching-options(1) can be used to control what to
32 act on.
33
34 --key=keyname
35 Show where a particular git-annex key is located.
36
37 --all -A
38 Show whereis information for all known keys.
39
40 --branch=ref
41 Show whereis information for files in the specified branch or
42 treeish.
43
44 --unused
45 Show whereis information for files found by last run of git-an‐
46 nex unused.
47
48 --batch
49 Enables batch mode, in which a file is read in a line from
50 stdin, its information displayed, and repeat.
51
52 Note that if the file is not an annexed file, or does not match
53 specified matching options, an empty line will be output in‐
54 stead.
55
56 --batch-keys
57 This is like --batch but the lines read from stdin are parsed as
58 keys.
59
60 -z Makes batch input be delimited by nulls instead of the usual
61 newlines.
62
63 --json Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs
64 that use git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
65
66 --json-error-messages
67 Messages that would normally be output to standard error are in‐
68 cluded in the json instead.
69
70 --format=value
71 Use custom output formatting.
72
73 The value is a format string, in which '${var}' is expanded to
74 the value of a variable. To right-justify a variable with white‐
75 space, use '${var;width}' ; to left-justify a variable, use
76 '${var;-width}'; to escape unusual characters in a variable, use
77 '${escaped_var}'
78
79 These variables are available for use in formats: file, key,
80 uuid, url, backend, bytesize, humansize, keyname, hashdirlower,
81 hashdirmixed, mtime (for the mtime field of a WORM key).
82
83 Also, '\n' is a newline, '\000' is a NULL, etc.
84
85 When the format contains the uuid variable, it will be expanded
86 in turn for each repository that contains the file content. For
87 example, with --format="${file} ${uuid}\n", output will look
88 like:
89
90 foo 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
91 foo a7f7ddd0-9a08-11ea-ab66-8358e4209d30
92 bar a7f7ddd0-9a08-11ea-ab66-8358e4209d30
93
94 The same applies when the url variable is used and a file has
95 multiple recorded urls.
96
97 Also the git-annex-common-options(1) can be used.
98
100 git-annex(1)
101
102 git-annex-find(1)
103
104 git-annex-list(1)
105
107 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
108
109 git-annex-whereis(1)