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Unlike git add -u, git annex add -u does not update the index for files removed from the working tree. But then, "git add ." stages removals, and "git annex add ." does not, so that's an existing divergence. Seems that --update --batch would need to run git ls-files once per line of batch input, which would surely be too slow, so just throw an error for that. This commit was supported by the NSF-funded DataLad project.
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# NAME
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git-annex add - adds files to the git annex
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# SYNOPSIS
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git annex add `[path ...]`
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# DESCRIPTION
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Adds the specified files to the annex. If a directory is specified,
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acts on all files inside the directory and its subdirectories.
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If no path is specified, adds files from the current directory and below.
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Files that are already checked into git and are unmodified, or that
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git has been configured to ignore will be silently skipped.
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If annex.largefiles is configured, and does not match a file,
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`git annex add` will behave the same as `git add` and add the
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non-large file directly to the git repository, instead of to the annex.
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Large files are added to the annex in locked form, which prevents further
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modification of their content unless unlocked by [[git-annex-unlock]](1).
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(This is not the case however when a repository is in a filesystem not
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supporting symlinks, or is in direct mode.)
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To add a file to the annex in unlocked form, `git add` can be used instead
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(that only works when the repository has annex.version 6 or higher).
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This command can also be used to add symbolic links, both symlinks to
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annexed content, and other symlinks.
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# OPTIONS
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* `--include-dotfiles`
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Dotfiles are skipped unless explicitly listed, or unless this option is
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used.
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* `--force`
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Add gitignored files.
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* `--backend`
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Specifies which key-value backend to use.
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* file matching options
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Many of the [[git-annex-matching-options]](1)
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can be used to specify files to add.
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For example: `--largerthan=1GB`
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* `--jobs=N` `-JN`
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Adds multiple files in parallel. This may be faster.
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For example: `-J4`
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* `--update` `-u`
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Like `git add --update`, this does not add new files, but any updates
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to tracked files will be added to the index.
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* `--json`
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Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use
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git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
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* `--batch`
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Enables batch mode, in which a file to add is read in a line from stdin,
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the file is added, and repeat.
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Note that if a file is skipped (due to not existing, being gitignored,
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already being in git etc), an empty line will be output instead of the
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normal output produced when adding a file.
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# SEE ALSO
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[[git-annex]](1)
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[[git-annex-unlock]](1)
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[[git-annex-lock]](1)
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[[git-annex-undo]](1)
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[[git-annex-import]](1)
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[[git-annex-unannex]](1)
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[[git-annex-reinject]](1)
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# AUTHOR
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Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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Warning: Automatically converted into a man page by mdwn2man. Edit with care.
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