git-annex/doc/git-annex-info.mdwn
Joey Hess a325524454
--json-exceptions
Added a --json-exceptions option, which makes some exceptions be output in json.

The distinction is that --json-error-messages is for messages relating
to a particular ActionItem, while --json-exceptions is for messages that
are not, eg ones for a file that does not exist.

It's unfortunate that we need two switches with such a fine distinction
between them, but I'm worried about maintaining backwards compatability
in the json output, to avoid breaking anything that parses it, and this was
the way to make sure I didn't.

toplevelWarning is generally used for the latter kind of message. And
the other calls to toplevelWarning could be converted to showException. The
only possible gotcha is that if toplevelWarning is ever called after
starting acting on a file, it will add to the --json-error-messages of the
json displayed for that file and converting to showException would be a
behavior change. That seems unlikely, but I didn't convery everything to
avoid needing to satisfy myself it was not a concern.

Sponsored-by: Dartmouth College's Datalad project
2023-04-25 17:05:33 -04:00

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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 corresponding to a item
being processed.
* `--json-error-messages`
Adds an "error-messages" field to the JSON that contains messages that
would normally be output to the standard error when processing a item.
* `--json-exceptions`
Output additional JSON objects for some exceptions that are not
associated with a particular item.
* `--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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