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.  (By default
       dotfiles are assumed to not be large, and are added directly to git, but annex.dotfiles can be configured
       to annex those too.)  See the git-annex manpage  for  documentation  of  these  and  other  configuration
       settings.

       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.)

       This  command  can  also  be  used  to  add  symbolic  links, both symlinks to annexed content, and other
       symlinks.

EXAMPLES

        # git annex add foo bar
        add foo ok
        add bar ok
        # git commit -m added

OPTIONS

       --no-check-gitignore

              Add gitignored files.

       --force-large
              Treat all files as large files, ignoring annex.largefiles and  annex.dotfiles  configuration,  and
              add to the annex.

       --force-small
              Treat   all   files   as   small   files,   ignoring   annex.largefiles   and  annex.dotfiles  and
              annex.addsmallfiles configuration, and add to git.

       --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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