dropkey --json

Command/DropKey.hs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import Logs.Location
 import Annex.Content
 
 cmd :: Command
-cmd = noCommit $
+cmd = noCommit $ withGlobalOptions [jsonOption] $
 	command "dropkey" SectionPlumbing
 		"drops annexed content for specified keys"
 		(paramRepeating paramKey)

debian/changelog

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-annex (6.20160230) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     Thanks, Klaus Ethgen.
   * Added dependencies on haskell mountpoints and disk-free-space
     libraries, removing FFI code from git-annex.
-  * dropkey: Add --batch.
+  * dropkey: Add --batch and --json.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:00:30 -0400
 

doc/git-annex-dropkey.mdwn

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ exist; using it can easily result in data loss.
   Enables batch mode, in which lines containing keys to drop are read from
   stdin.
 
+* `--json`
+
+  Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use
+  git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
+
 # SEE ALSO
 
 [[git-annex]](1)