git-annex/doc/git-annex-add.mdwn
Joey Hess 503788238c
add --force-annex/--force-git
options make it easier to override annex.largefiles configuration
(and potentially safer as it avoids bugs like the smudge bug fixed
in the last release)

Deleted some old comments that were posted to the man page discussing such
options.

Updated docs that used -c annex.largefiles to use the options.

Note that addSmallOverridden was needed to avoid the clean filter running
on the file. It would be possible to make addFile also update the index
directly, rather than going via git add. However, it was not necessary,
and I want to avoid breaking on some edge case, particularly if the code in
addSmallOverridden has some oversight.

Also, when annex.addunlocked is set and annex.largefiles does not match a file,
git annex add --force-large works, but git status will then show the file
as added, with a unstaged modification. The unstaged modification adds the
file to git. This is identical behavior to using -c annex.largefiles=nothing
when annex.addunlocked is set. This does not prevent committing what was
intended to be added. I have not gotten to the bottom of why git thinks
the file is modified and runs it through the clean filter in this case.
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# NAME
git-annex add - adds files to the git annex
# SYNOPSIS
git annex add `[path ...]`
# DESCRIPTION
Adds the specified files to the annex. If a directory is specified,
acts on all files inside the directory and its subdirectories.
If no path is specified, adds files from the current directory and below.
Files that are already checked into git and are unmodified, or that
git has been configured to ignore will be silently skipped.
If annex.largefiles is configured, and does not match a file,
`git annex add` will behave the same as `git add` and add the
non-large file directly to the git repository, instead of to the annex.
Large files are added to the annex in locked form, which prevents further
modification of their content unless unlocked by [[git-annex-unlock]](1).
(This is not the case however when a repository is in a filesystem not
supporting symlinks.)
To add a file to the annex in unlocked form, `git add` can be used instead.
This command can also be used to add symbolic links, both symlinks to
annexed content, and other symlinks.
# OPTIONS
* `--include-dotfiles`
Dotfiles are skipped unless explicitly listed, or unless this option is
used.
* `--force`
Add gitignored files.
* `--force-large`
Treat all files as large files, ignoring annex.largefiles configuration,
and add to the annex.
* `--force-small`
Treat all files as small files, ignoring annex.largefiles configuration,
and add to git, also ignoring annex.addsmallfiles configuration.
* `--backend`
Specifies which key-value backend to use.
* file matching options
Many of the [[git-annex-matching-options]](1)
can be used to specify files to add.
For example: `--largerthan=1GB`
* `--jobs=N` `-JN`
Adds multiple files in parallel. This may be faster.
For example: `-J4`
Setting this to "cpus" will run one job per CPU core.
* `--update` `-u`
Like `git add --update`, this does not add new files, but any updates
to tracked files will be added to the index.
* `--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-progress`
Include progress objects in JSON output.
* `--json-error-messages`
Messages that would normally be output to standard error are included in
the json instead.
* `--batch`
Enables batch mode, in which a file to add is read in a line from stdin,
the file is added, and repeat.
Note that if a file is skipped (due to not existing, being gitignored,
already being in git, or doesn't meet the matching options),
an empty line will be output instead of the normal output produced
when adding a file.
* `-z`
Makes the `--batch` input be delimited by nulls instead of the usual
newlines.
# SEE ALSO
[[git-annex]](1)
[[git-annex-unlock]](1)
[[git-annex-lock]](1)
[[git-annex-undo]](1)
[[git-annex-import]](1)
[[git-annex-unannex]](1)
[[git-annex-reinject]](1)
# AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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