git-annex/doc/git-annex-info.mdwn
Joey Hess 0924a45cc4
info: Added --show option
To pick which parts of the info to calculate and display.

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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.
When no item is specified, displays overall information. This includes a
list of all known repositories, how much annexed data is present in the
local repository, the total size of all annexed data in the working
tree, the combined size of annexed data in all repositories, and the annex
sizes of each repository.
When a directory is specified, displays information
about the annexed files in that directory (and subdirectories).
This includes how much annexed data is present in the local repository,
the total size of all annexed data in the directory, how many files
have the specified numcopies or more (+1, +2 etc) or less (-1, -2 etc),
and information about how much of the annexed data is stored in known
repositories.
When a treeish is specified, displays similar information
as when a directory is specified, but about the annexed files in that
treeish.
When a remote, or description of a repository, or uuid is specified,
displays information about the specified repository, including the total
amount of annexed data stored in it, and a variety of configuration
information.
# OPTIONS
* `--show=name`
Avoid info doing work to calculate things you don't need by specifying
what to show. This option can be specified more than once.
The name is the text before the ":" in the info output, eg
"local annex size" and "annex sizes of repositories".
* `--fast`
Only show the information 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.
* `--dead-repositories`
Display a list of repositories that have been marked as dead.
Such repositories are not displayed in other info displays.
* matching options
The [[git-annex-matching-options]](1) can be used to select what
files to consider when operating on a directory. These options are
ignored when operating on other items.
* 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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