1git-annex-add(1)            General Commands Manual           git-annex-add(1)
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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.  (By  default  dotfiles
22       are  assumed  to  not  be large, and are added directly to git, but an‐
23       nex.dotfiles can be configured to annex those too.)  See the  git-annex
24       manpage for documentation of these and other configuration settings.
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26       Large  files are added to the annex in locked form, which prevents fur‐
27       ther modification of their content  unless  unlocked  by  git-annex-un‐
28       lock(1).   (This  is  not  the  case  however when a repository is in a
29       filesystem not supporting symlinks.)
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31       This command can also be used to add symbolic links, both  symlinks  to
32       annexed content, and other symlinks.
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EXAMPLES

35        # git annex add foo bar
36        add foo ok
37        add bar ok
38        # git commit -m added
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OPTIONS

41       --no-check-gitignore
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43              Add gitignored files.
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45       --force-large
46              Treat  all  files  as large files, ignoring annex.largefiles and
47              annex.dotfiles configuration, and add to the annex.
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50              Treat all files as small files,  ignoring  annex.largefiles  and
51              annex.dotfiles and annex.addsmallfiles configuration, and add to
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54       --backend
55              Specifies which key-value backend to use.
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57       file matching options
58              Many of the git-annex-matching-options(1) can be used to specify
59              files to add.
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61              For example: --largerthan=1GB
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63       --jobs=N -JN
64              Adds  multiple files in parallel. This may be faster.  For exam‐
65              ple: -J4
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67              Setting this to "cpus" will run one job per CPU core.
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69       --update -u
70              Like git add --update, this does not add new files, but any  up‐
71              dates to tracked files will be added to the index.
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73       --dry-run
74              Output  what  would  be done for each file, but avoid making any
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77       --json Enable JSON output. This is intended to be  parsed  by  programs
78              that use git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
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81              Include progress objects in JSON output.
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83       --json-error-messages
84              Messages that would normally be output to standard error are in‐
85              cluded in the json instead.
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87       --batch
88              Enables batch mode, in which a file to add is  read  in  a  line
89              from stdin, the file is added, and repeat.
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91              Note  that if a file is skipped (due to not existing, being git‐
92              ignored, already being in git, or doesn't meet the matching  op‐
93              tions),  an empty line will be output instead of the normal out‐
94              put produced when adding a file.
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96       -z     Makes the --batch input be delimited by  nulls  instead  of  the
97              usual newlines.
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99       Also the git-annex-common-options(1) can be used.
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SEE ALSO

102       git-annex(1)
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104       git-annex-unlock(1)
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106       git-annex-lock(1)
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108       git-annex-undo(1)
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110       git-annex-import(1)
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112       git-annex-unannex(1)
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114       git-annex-reinject(1)
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AUTHOR

117       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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