annex.genmetadata can be set to make git-annex automatically set metadata (year and month) when adding files

Annex/MetaData.hs

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{- git-annex metadata
+ -
+ - Copyright 2014 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+ -
+ - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
+ -}
+
+module Annex.MetaData where
+
+import Common.Annex
+import qualified Annex
+import Types.MetaData
+import Logs.MetaData
+
+import qualified Data.Set as S
+import qualified Data.Map as M
+import Data.Time.Calendar
+import Data.Time.Clock
+import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
+
+tagMetaField :: MetaField
+tagMetaField = MetaField "tag"
+
+yearMetaField :: MetaField
+yearMetaField = MetaField "year"
+
+monthMetaField :: MetaField
+monthMetaField = MetaField "month"
+
+{- Generates metadata for a file that has just been ingested into the
+ - annex. Passed the FileStatus of the content file.
+ -
+ - Does not overwrite any existing metadata values for the key.
+ -}
+genMetaData :: Key -> FileStatus -> Annex ()
+genMetaData key status = whenM (annexGenMetaData <$> Annex.getGitConfig) $ do
+	metadata <- getCurrentMetaData key
+	let metadata' = genMetaData' status metadata
+	unless (metadata' == emptyMetaData) $
+		addMetaData key metadata'
+
+genMetaData' :: FileStatus -> MetaData -> MetaData
+genMetaData' status old = MetaData $ M.fromList $ filter isnew
+	[ (yearMetaField, S.singleton $ toMetaValue $ show y)
+	, (monthMetaField, S.singleton $ toMetaValue $ show m)
+	]
+  where
+	isnew (f, _) = S.null (currentMetaDataValues f old)
+	(y, m, _d) = toGregorian $ utctDay $ 
+		posixSecondsToUTCTime $ realToFrac $
+			modificationTime status

Annex/View.hs

@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ applyView' mkviewedfile getfilemetadata view = do
 	genviewedfiles = viewedFiles view mkviewedfile -- enables memoization
 	go uh hasher f (Just (k, _)) = do
 		metadata <- getCurrentMetaData k
-		let dirmetadata = getfilemetadata f
-		let metadata' = unionMetaData dirmetadata metadata
+		let metadata' = getfilemetadata f `unionMetaData` metadata
 		forM_ (genviewedfiles f metadata') $ \fv -> do
 			stagesymlink uh hasher fv =<< inRepo (gitAnnexLink fv k)
 	go uh hasher f Nothing

Command/Add.hs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import Annex.Content
 import Annex.Content.Direct
 import Annex.Perms
 import Annex.Link
+import Annex.MetaData
 import qualified Annex
 import qualified Annex.Queue
 #ifdef WITH_CLIBS
@@ -145,26 +146,32 @@ ingest Nothing = return (Nothing, Nothing)
 ingest (Just source) = do
 	backend <- chooseBackend $ keyFilename source
 	k <- genKey source backend
-	cache <- liftIO $ genInodeCache $ contentLocation source
-	case (cache, inodeCache source) of
-		(_, Nothing) -> go k cache
-		(Just newc, Just c) | compareStrong c newc -> go k cache
+	ms <- liftIO $ catchMaybeIO $ getFileStatus $ contentLocation source
+	let mcache = toInodeCache =<< ms
+	case (mcache, inodeCache source) of
+		(_, Nothing) -> go k mcache ms
+		(Just newc, Just c) | compareStrong c newc -> go k mcache ms
 		_ -> failure "changed while it was being added"
   where
-	go k cache = ifM isDirect ( godirect k cache , goindirect k cache )
+	go k mcache ms = ifM isDirect
+		( godirect k mcache ms
+		, goindirect k mcache ms
+		)
 
-	goindirect (Just (key, _)) mcache = do
+	goindirect (Just (key, _)) mcache ms = do
 		catchAnnex (moveAnnex key $ contentLocation source)
 			(undo (keyFilename source) key)
+		maybe noop (genMetaData key) ms
 		liftIO $ nukeFile $ keyFilename source
 		return $ (Just key, mcache)
-	goindirect Nothing _ = failure "failed to generate a key"
+	goindirect _ _ _ = failure "failed to generate a key"
 
-	godirect (Just (key, _)) (Just cache) = do
+	godirect (Just (key, _)) (Just cache) ms = do
 		addInodeCache key cache
+		maybe noop (genMetaData key) ms
 		finishIngestDirect key source
 		return $ (Just key, Just cache)
-	godirect _ _ = failure "failed to generate a key"
+	godirect _ _ _ = failure "failed to generate a key"
 
 	failure msg = do
 		warning $ keyFilename source ++ " " ++ msg

Command/MetaData.hs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module Command.MetaData where
 import Common.Annex
 import qualified Annex
 import Command
+import Annex.MetaData
 import Logs.MetaData
 import Types.MetaData
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ perform :: POSIXTime -> [ModMeta] -> Key -> CommandPerform
 perform _ [] k = next $ cleanup k
 perform now ms k = do
 	oldm <- getCurrentMetaData k
-	let m = foldl' unionMetaData newMetaData $ map (modMeta oldm) ms
+	let m = foldl' unionMetaData emptyMetaData $ map (modMeta oldm) ms
 	addMetaData' k m now
 	next $ cleanup k
 	

Command/View.hs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import qualified Git.Command
 import qualified Git.Ref
 import qualified Git.Branch
 import Types.MetaData
+import Annex.MetaData
 import Types.View
 import Annex.View
 import Logs.View

Logs/MetaData.hs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ getMetaData = readLog . metaDataLogFile
 getCurrentMetaData :: Key -> Annex MetaData
 getCurrentMetaData = currentMetaData . collect <$$> getMetaData
   where
-	collect = foldl' unionMetaData newMetaData . map value . S.toAscList
+	collect = foldl' unionMetaData emptyMetaData . map value . S.toAscList
 
 {- Adds in some metadata, which can override existing values, or unset
  - them, but otherwise leaves any existing metadata as-is. -}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ simplifyLog s = case sl of
 
 	go c _ [] = c
 	go c newer (l:ls)
-		| unique == newMetaData = go c newer ls
+		| unique == emptyMetaData = go c newer ls
 		| otherwise = go (l { value = unique } : c)
 			(unionMetaData unique newer) ls
 	  where

Types/GitConfig.hs

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ data GitConfig = GitConfig
 	, annexAutoUpgrade :: AutoUpgrade
 	, annexExpireUnused :: Maybe (Maybe Duration)
 	, annexSecureEraseCommand :: Maybe String
+	, annexGenMetaData :: Bool
 	, coreSymlinks :: Bool
 	, gcryptId :: Maybe String
 	}
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ extractGitConfig r = GitConfig
 	, annexExpireUnused = maybe Nothing Just . parseDuration
 		<$> getmaybe (annex "expireunused")
 	, annexSecureEraseCommand = getmaybe (annex "secure-erase-command")
+	, annexGenMetaData = getbool (annex "genmetadata") False
 	, coreSymlinks = getbool "core.symlinks" True
 	, gcryptId = getmaybe "core.gcrypt-id"
 	}

Types/MetaData.hs

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ module Types.MetaData (
 	MetaSerializable,
 	toMetaField,
 	mkMetaField,
-	tagMetaField,
 	fromMetaField,
 	toMetaValue,
 	mkMetaValue,
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ module Types.MetaData (
 	unsetMetaData,
 	fromMetaValue,
 	fromMetaData,
-	newMetaData,
+	emptyMetaData,
 	updateMetaData,
 	unionMetaData,
 	differenceMetaData,
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ instance MetaSerializable MetaData where
 	serialize (MetaData m) = unwords $ concatMap go $ M.toList m
 	  where
 		go (f, vs) = serialize f : map serialize (S.toList vs)
-	deserialize = Just . getfield newMetaData . words
+	deserialize = Just . getfield emptyMetaData . words
 	  where
 		getfield m [] = m
 		getfield m (w:ws) = maybe m (getvalues m ws) (deserialize w)
@@ -152,8 +151,8 @@ fromMetaValue (MetaValue _ f) = f
 fromMetaData :: MetaData -> [(MetaField, S.Set MetaValue)]
 fromMetaData (MetaData m) = M.toList m
 
-newMetaData :: MetaData
-newMetaData = MetaData M.empty
+emptyMetaData :: MetaData
+emptyMetaData = MetaData M.empty
 
 {- Can be used to set a value, or to unset it, depending on whether
  - the MetaValue has CurrentlySet or not. -}
@@ -202,10 +201,10 @@ data ModMeta
  - Note that the new MetaData does not include all the 
  - values set in the input metadata. It only contains changed values. -}
 modMeta :: MetaData -> ModMeta -> MetaData
-modMeta _ (AddMeta f v) = updateMetaData f v newMetaData
-modMeta _ (DelMeta f oldv) = updateMetaData f (unsetMetaValue oldv) newMetaData
+modMeta _ (AddMeta f v) = updateMetaData f v emptyMetaData
+modMeta _ (DelMeta f oldv) = updateMetaData f (unsetMetaValue oldv) emptyMetaData
 modMeta m (SetMeta f v) = updateMetaData f v $
-	foldr (updateMetaData f) newMetaData $
+	foldr (updateMetaData f) emptyMetaData $
 		map unsetMetaValue $ S.toList $ currentMetaDataValues f m
 
 {- Parses field=value, field+=value, field-=value -}
@@ -233,9 +232,6 @@ mkMetaField f = maybe (Left $ badField f) Right (toMetaField f)
 badField :: String -> String
 badField f = "Illegal metadata field name, \"" ++ f ++ "\""
 
-tagMetaField :: MetaField
-tagMetaField = MetaField "tag"
-
 {- Avoid putting too many fields in the map; extremely large maps make
  - the seriaization test slow due to the sheer amount of data.
  - It's unlikely that more than 100 fields of metadata will be used. -}
@@ -254,7 +250,7 @@ prop_metadata_sane :: MetaData -> MetaField -> MetaValue -> Bool
 prop_metadata_sane m f v = and
 	[ S.member v $ metaDataValues f m'
 	, not (isSet v) || S.member v (currentMetaDataValues f m')
-	, differenceMetaData m' newMetaData == m'
+	, differenceMetaData m' emptyMetaData == m'
 	]
   where
 	m' = updateMetaData f v m

debian/changelog

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ git-annex (5.20140222) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     directory hierarchy in a view.
     For example `git annex view tag=* podcasts/=*` makes a view in the form
     tag/showname.
+  * annex.genmetadata can be set to make git-annex automatically set
+    metadata (year and month) when adding files.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:03:04 -0400
 

doc/design/metadata.mdwn

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ directories nest.
   relevant metadata from the files.  
   TODO: It's not clear that
   removing a file should nuke all the metadata used to filter it into the
-  branch (especially if it's derived metadata like the year).
+  branch
   Currently, only metadata used for visible subdirs is added and removed
   this way.
   Also, this is not usable in direct mode because deleting the
@@ -56,19 +56,7 @@ For example, by examining MP3 metadata.
 
 Also auto add metadata when adding files to view branches. See below.
 
-## derived metadata
-
-This is probably not stored anywhere. It's computed on demand by a pure
-function from the other metadata. 
-(Should be a general mechanism for this. (It probably generalizes to
-sql queries if we want to go that far.))
-
-### data metadata
-
-TODO From the ctime, some additional 
-metadata is derived, at least year=yyyy and probably also month, etc.
-
-### directory hierarchy metadata
+## directory hierarchy metadata
 
 From the original filename used in the master branch, when
 constructing a view, generate fields. For example foo/bar/baz.mp3
@@ -87,8 +75,6 @@ those filenames to derive the same metadata, unless there is persistent
 storage. Luckily, the filenames used in the views currently include the
 subdirs.
 
-**done**!
-
 # other uses for metadata
 
 Uses are not limited to view branches.

doc/git-annex.mdwn

@@ -1279,6 +1279,12 @@ Here are all the supported configuration settings.
 
   Note that setting numcopies to 0 is very unsafe.
 
+* `annex.genmetadata`
+
+  Set this to `true` to make git-annex automatically generate some metadata
+  when adding files to the repository. In particular, it stores
+  year and month metadata, from the file's modification date.
+
 * `annex.queuesize`
 
   git-annex builds a queue of git commands, in order to combine similar

doc/metadata.mdwn

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+git-annex allows you to store arbitrary metadata about files stored in the
+git-annex repository. The metadata is stored in the `git-annex` branch, and
+so is automatically kept in sync with the rest of git-annex's state, such
+as [[location_tracking]] information.
+
+Some of the things you can do with metadata include:
+
+* Using `git annex metadata file` to show all 
+  the metadata associated with a file.
+* [[tips/metadata_driven_views]]
+* Limiting the files git-annex commands act on to those with
+  or without particular metadata.
+  For example `git annex find --metadata tag=foo --or --metadata tag=bar`
+* Using it in [[preferred_content]] expressions. 
+  For example "tag=important or not author=me"
+
+Each file (actually the underlying key) can have any number of metadata
+fields, which each can have any number of values. For example, to tag
+files, the `tag` field is typically used, with values set to each tag that
+applies to the file.
+
+The field names are freeform (but cannot include spaces). The metadata
+values can contain absolutely anything you like -- but you're recommended
+to keep it simple and reasonably short.
+
+Here are some recommended metadata fields to use:
+
+* `tag` - With each tag being a different value.
+* `year`, `month` - When this particular version of the file came into
+  being.
+  
+To make git-annex automatically set the year and month when adding files,
+run `git config annex.genmetadata true`
+
+git-annex's metadata can be updated in a distributed fashion. For example,
+two users, each with their own clone of a repository, can set and unset
+metadata at the same time, even for the same field of the same file. 
+When they push their changes, `git annex merge` will combine their
+metadata changes in a consistent and (probably) intuitive way.
+
+See [[the metadata design page|design/metadata]] for more details.

doc/tips/metadata_driven_views.mdwn

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 git-annex now has support for storing 
-[[arbitrary metadata|design/metadata]] about annexed files. For example, this can be
+[[arbitrary metadata|metadata]] about annexed files. For example, this can be
 used to tag files, to record the author of a file, etc. The metadata is
 synced around between repositories with the other information git-annex
 keeps track of.