mirrors/git-annex
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity Actions
git-annex/doc/git-annex-common-options.mdwn

149 lines
4 KiB
Text
Raw Normal View History

split out common options to its own page and mention it on each subcommand page Sometimes users would get confused because an option they were looking for was not mentioned on a subcommand's man page, and they had not noticed that the main git-annex man page had a list of common options. This change lets each subcommand mention the common options, similarly to how the matching options are handled. This commit was sponsored by Svenne Krap on Patreon.
2021-05-10 19:00:13 +00:00
# NAME
add --size-limit option When this option is not used, there should be effectively no added overhead, thanks to the optimisation in b3cd0cc6ba4e5b9e2ae0abd9c8b2ec32475e09d2. When an action fails on a file, the size of the file still counts toward the size limit. This was necessary to support concurrency, but also generally seems like the right choice. Most commands that operate on annexed files support the option. export and import do not, and I don't know if it would make sense for export to.. Why would you want an incomplete export? sync doesn't, and while it would be easy to make it support it for transferring files, it's not clear if dropping files should also take the size limit into account. Commands like add that don't operate on annexed files don't support the option either. Exiting 101 not yet implemented. Sponsored-by: Denis Dzyubenko on Patreon
2021-06-04 20:08:42 +00:00
git-annex-common-options - options supported by many git-annex commands
split out common options to its own page and mention it on each subcommand page Sometimes users would get confused because an option they were looking for was not mentioned on a subcommand's man page, and they had not noticed that the main git-annex man page had a list of common options. This change lets each subcommand mention the common options, similarly to how the matching options are handled. This commit was sponsored by Svenne Krap on Patreon.
2021-05-10 19:00:13 +00:00
# DESCRIPTION
add --size-limit option When this option is not used, there should be effectively no added overhead, thanks to the optimisation in b3cd0cc6ba4e5b9e2ae0abd9c8b2ec32475e09d2. When an action fails on a file, the size of the file still counts toward the size limit. This was necessary to support concurrency, but also generally seems like the right choice. Most commands that operate on annexed files support the option. export and import do not, and I don't know if it would make sense for export to.. Why would you want an incomplete export? sync doesn't, and while it would be easy to make it support it for transferring files, it's not clear if dropping files should also take the size limit into account. Commands like add that don't operate on annexed files don't support the option either. Exiting 101 not yet implemented. Sponsored-by: Denis Dzyubenko on Patreon
2021-06-04 20:08:42 +00:00
These common options are accepted by many git-annex commands, and
split out common options to its own page and mention it on each subcommand page Sometimes users would get confused because an option they were looking for was not mentioned on a subcommand's man page, and they had not noticed that the main git-annex man page had a list of common options. This change lets each subcommand mention the common options, similarly to how the matching options are handled. This commit was sponsored by Svenne Krap on Patreon.
2021-05-10 19:00:13 +00:00
may not be explicitly listed on their individual man pages.
add --size-limit option When this option is not used, there should be effectively no added overhead, thanks to the optimisation in b3cd0cc6ba4e5b9e2ae0abd9c8b2ec32475e09d2. When an action fails on a file, the size of the file still counts toward the size limit. This was necessary to support concurrency, but also generally seems like the right choice. Most commands that operate on annexed files support the option. export and import do not, and I don't know if it would make sense for export to.. Why would you want an incomplete export? sync doesn't, and while it would be easy to make it support it for transferring files, it's not clear if dropping files should also take the size limit into account. Commands like add that don't operate on annexed files don't support the option either. Exiting 101 not yet implemented. Sponsored-by: Denis Dzyubenko on Patreon
2021-06-04 20:08:42 +00:00
Most of these options are accepted by all git-annex commands.
split out common options to its own page and mention it on each subcommand page Sometimes users would get confused because an option they were looking for was not mentioned on a subcommand's man page, and they had not noticed that the main git-annex man page had a list of common options. This change lets each subcommand mention the common options, similarly to how the matching options are handled. This commit was sponsored by Svenne Krap on Patreon.
2021-05-10 19:00:13 +00:00
(Many commands also accept the [[git-annex-matching-options]](1).)
# OPTIONS
* `--force`
Force unsafe actions, such as dropping a file's content when no other
source of it can be verified to still exist, or adding ignored files.
Use with care.
* `--fast`
Avoid some expensive operations normally performed by a command.
What is avoided depends on the command, see individual command's man
pages for details.
* `--quiet`
Avoid the default verbose display of what is done; only show errors.
* `--verbose`
Enable verbose display.
* `--debug`
Display debug messages.
* `--no-debug`
Disable display of debug messages.
* `--debugfilter=name[,name..]`
When debug message display has been enabled by `--debug`, this filters
the debug messages that are displayed to ones coming from modules with
the specified names.
To find the names of modules, see the full debug output, which includes
the module name, eg "(Utility.Process)"
The full module name does not need to be
specified when using this, a substring of the name will do.
For example, `--debugfilter=Process,External` will display debugging
output when git-annex runs processes, and when it communicates with
external special remotes.
* `--numcopies=n`
Overrides the numcopies setting.
Note that setting numcopies to 0 is very unsafe.
* `--mincopies=n`
Overrides the mincopies setting.
Note that setting mincopies to 0 is very unsafe.
* `--time-limit=time`
Limits how long a git-annex command runs. The time can be something
like "5h", or "30m" or even "45s" or "10d".
Note that git-annex may continue running a little past the specified
time limit, in order to finish processing a file.
add --size-limit option When this option is not used, there should be effectively no added overhead, thanks to the optimisation in b3cd0cc6ba4e5b9e2ae0abd9c8b2ec32475e09d2. When an action fails on a file, the size of the file still counts toward the size limit. This was necessary to support concurrency, but also generally seems like the right choice. Most commands that operate on annexed files support the option. export and import do not, and I don't know if it would make sense for export to.. Why would you want an incomplete export? sync doesn't, and while it would be easy to make it support it for transferring files, it's not clear if dropping files should also take the size limit into account. Commands like add that don't operate on annexed files don't support the option either. Exiting 101 not yet implemented. Sponsored-by: Denis Dzyubenko on Patreon
2021-06-04 20:08:42 +00:00
When the time limit prevents git-annex from doing all it
split out common options to its own page and mention it on each subcommand page Sometimes users would get confused because an option they were looking for was not mentioned on a subcommand's man page, and they had not noticed that the main git-annex man page had a list of common options. This change lets each subcommand mention the common options, similarly to how the matching options are handled. This commit was sponsored by Svenne Krap on Patreon.
2021-05-10 19:00:13 +00:00
was asked to, it will exit with a special code, 101.
add --size-limit option When this option is not used, there should be effectively no added overhead, thanks to the optimisation in b3cd0cc6ba4e5b9e2ae0abd9c8b2ec32475e09d2. When an action fails on a file, the size of the file still counts toward the size limit. This was necessary to support concurrency, but also generally seems like the right choice. Most commands that operate on annexed files support the option. export and import do not, and I don't know if it would make sense for export to.. Why would you want an incomplete export? sync doesn't, and while it would be easy to make it support it for transferring files, it's not clear if dropping files should also take the size limit into account. Commands like add that don't operate on annexed files don't support the option either. Exiting 101 not yet implemented. Sponsored-by: Denis Dzyubenko on Patreon
2021-06-04 20:08:42 +00:00
* `--size-limit=size`
Limits the total size of annexed files that a git-annex command
can process.
The size can be specified with any commonly used units, for example,
"50gb".
In some cases, an annexed file's size is not known. This option will
prevent git-annex from processing such files.
split out common options to its own page and mention it on each subcommand page Sometimes users would get confused because an option they were looking for was not mentioned on a subcommand's man page, and they had not noticed that the main git-annex man page had a list of common options. This change lets each subcommand mention the common options, similarly to how the matching options are handled. This commit was sponsored by Svenne Krap on Patreon.
2021-05-10 19:00:13 +00:00
* `--semitrust=repository`
* `--untrust=repository`
Overrides trust settings for a repository. May be specified more than once.
The repository should be specified using the name of a configured remote,
or the UUID or description of a repository.
* `--trust=repository`
This used to override trust settings for a repository, but now will
not do so, because trusting a repository can lead to data loss,
and data loss is now only enabled when using the `--force` option.
* `--trust-glacier`
This used to override trust settings for Glacier special remotes,
but now will not do so, because it could lead to data loss,
and data loss is now only enabled when using the `--force` option.
* `--backend=name`
Specifies which key-value backend to use. This can be used when
adding a file to the annex, or migrating a file. Once files
are in the annex, their backend is known and this option is not
necessary.
* `--user-agent=value`
Overrides the User-Agent to use when downloading files from the web.
* `--notify-finish`
Caused a desktop notification to be displayed after each successful
file download and upload.
(Only supported on some platforms, e.g. Linux with dbus. A no-op when
not supported.)
* `--notify-start`
Caused a desktop notification to be displayed when a file upload
or download has started, or when a file is dropped.
* `-c name=value`
Overrides git configuration settings. May be specified multiple times.
# SEE ALSO
[[git-annex]](1)
# AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
Warning: Automatically converted into a man page by mdwn2man. Edit with care.
Reference in a new issue Copy permalink