git-annex/doc/git-annex-info.mdwn
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info: Added --autoenable option
Use cases include using git-annex init --no-autoenable and then going back
and enabling the special remotes that have autoenable configured. As well
as just querying to remember which ones have it enabled.

It lists all special remotes that have autoenable=yes whether currently
enabled or not. And it can be used with --json.

I pondered making this "git-annex info autoenable", but that seemed wrong
because then if the use has a directory named "autoenable", it's unclear
what they are asking for. (Although "git-annex info remote" may be
similarly unclear.) Making it an option does mean that it can't be provided
via --batch though.

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# NAME
git-annex info - information about an item or the repository
# SYNOPSIS
git annex info `[directory|file|treeish|remote|description|uuid ...]`
# DESCRIPTION
Displays statistics and other information for the specified item,
which can be a directory, or a file, or a treeish, or a remote,
or the description or uuid of a repository.
When no item is specified, displays statistics and information
for the local repository and all annexed content.
# OPTIONS
* `--fast`
Only show the data that can be gathered quickly.
* `--json`
Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use
git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
* `--json-error-messages`
Messages that would normally be output to standard error are included in
the json instead.
* `--bytes`
Show file sizes in bytes, disabling the default nicer units.
* `--batch`
Enable batch mode, in which a line containing an item is read from stdin,
the information about it is output to stdout, and repeat.
* `-z`
Makes the `--batch` input be delimited by nulls instead of the usual
newlines.
* `--autoenable`
Display a list of special remotes that have been configured to
autoenable.
* matching options
The [[git-annex-matching-options]](1) can be used to select what
to include in the statistics.
* Also the [[git-annex-common-options]](1) can be used.
# EXAMPLES
Suppose you want to run "git annex get .", but
would first like to see how much disk space that will use.
Then run:
git annex info --fast . --not --in here
# SEE ALSO
[[git-annex]](1)
# AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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