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This is intended for users who want to see what it would output in order to eg, check if a file would be added to git or the annex. It is not intended as a way for scripts to get information. Sponsored-by: Dartmouth College's Datalad project
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[[!comment format=mdwn
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username="joey"
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subject="""comment 2"""
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date="2022-08-03T14:53:35Z"
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content="""
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Implemented `git-annex add --dry-run`.
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As noted it does not let you tell if a file would be added locked or unlocked
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since `git-annex add` output is the same either way.
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Also when JSON output is enabled, `git-annex add` usually outputs the key,
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but with `--dry-run`, it does not. Generating the key would involve locking
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down the file, and by that point the command is making changes to the
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filesystem. Use `git-annex calckey` instead.
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Implementation was not as simple as making CommandPerform a no-op. Some parts
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of CommandPerform actions needed to be run when doing a dry-run, in order for
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addingExistingLink to display its warning, and for showNote to display the
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very information that the user is interested in seeing from --dry-run.
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A cleaner implementation would probably involve moving those actions out of
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CommandPerform, perhaps by splitting CommandPerform into two parts.
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Which would be a lot of work and still failure prone. That is why I don't
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think it's a good idea to add --dry-run to very many commands.
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"""]]
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