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NAME
datalad siblings - manage sibling configuration
SYNOPSIS
datalad siblings [-h] [-d DATASET] [-s NAME] [--url [URL]] [--pushurl PUSHURL] [-D DESCRIPTION] [--fetch]
[--as-common-datasrc NAME] [--publish-depends SIBLINGNAME] [--publish-by-default REFSPEC]
[--annex-wanted EXPR] [--annex-required EXPR] [--annex-group EXPR] [--annex-groupwanted EXPR]
[--inherit] [--no-annex-info] [-r] [-R LEVELS] [--version] [{query|add|remove|configure|enable}]
DESCRIPTION
This command offers four different actions: 'query', 'add', 'remove', information about (all) known sib‐
lings. 'add' and 'configure' are highly similar actions, the only difference being that adding a sibling
with a name that is already registered will fail, whereas re-configuring a (different) sibling under a
known name will not be considered an error. 'enable' can be used to complete access configuration for
non-Git sibling (aka git-annex special remotes). Lastly, the 'remove' action allows for the removal (or
de-configuration) of a registered sibling.
For each sibling (added, configured, or queried) all known sibling properties are reported. This in‐
cludes:
"name"
Name of the sibling
"path"
Absolute path of the dataset
"url"
For regular siblings at minimum a "fetch" URL, possibly also a
"pushurl"
Additionally, any further configuration will also be reported using a key that matches that in the Git
configuration.
By default, sibling information is rendered as one line per sibling following this scheme::
<dataset_path>: <sibling_name>(<+|->) [<access_specification]
where the `+` and `-` labels indicate the presence or absence of a remote data annex at a particular re‐
mote, and ACCESS_SPECIFICATION contains either a URL and/or a type label for the sibling.
OPTIONS
{query|add|remove|configure|enable}
command action selection (see general documentation). Constraints: value must be one of ('query',
'add', 'remove', 'configure', 'enable') [Default: 'query']
-h, --help, --help-np
show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help
message
-d DATASET, --dataset DATASET
specify the dataset to configure. If no dataset is given, an attempt is made to identify the
dataset based on the input and/or the current working directory. Constraints: Value must be a
Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path) or value must be NONE
-s NAME, --name NAME
name of the sibling. For addition with path "URLs" and sibling removal this option is mandatory,
otherwise the hostname part of a given URL is used as a default. This option can be used to limit
'query' to a specific sibling. Constraints: value must be a string or value must be NONE
--url [URL]
the URL of or path to the dataset sibling named by NAME. For recursive operation it is required
that a template string for building subdataset sibling URLs is given. List of currently available
placeholders: %NAME the name of the dataset, where slashes are replaced by dashes. Constraints:
value must be a string or value must be NONE
--pushurl PUSHURL
in case the URL cannot be used to publish to the dataset sibling, this option specifies a URL to
be used instead. If no `url` is given, PUSHURL serves as `url` as well. Constraints: value must be
a string or value must be NONE
-D DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
short description to use for a dataset location. Its primary purpose is to help humans to identify
a dataset copy (e.g., "mike's dataset on lab server"). Note that when a dataset is published, this
information becomes available on the remote side. Constraints: value must be a string or value
must be NONE
--fetch
fetch the sibling after configuration.
--as-common-datasrc NAME
configure a sibling as a common data source of the dataset that can be automatically used by all
consumers of the dataset. The sibling must be a regular Git remote with a configured HTTP(S) URL.
--publish-depends SIBLINGNAME
add a dependency such that the given existing sibling is always published prior to the new sib‐
ling. This equals setting a configuration item 'remote.SIBLINGNAME.datalad-publish-depends'. This
option can be given more than once to configure multiple dependencies. Constraints: value must be
a string or value must be NONE
--publish-by-default REFSPEC
add a refspec to be published to this sibling by default if nothing specified. Constraints: value
must be a string or value must be NONE
--annex-wanted EXPR
expression to specify 'wanted' content for the repository/sibling. See https://git-annex.branch‐
able.com/git-annex-wanted/ for more information. Constraints: value must be a string or value must
be NONE
--annex-required EXPR
expression to specify 'required' content for the repository/sibling. See https://git-annex.branch‐
able.com/git-annex-required/ for more information. Constraints: value must be a string or value
must be NONE
--annex-group EXPR
expression to specify a group for the repository. See https://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-
group/ for more information. Constraints: value must be a string or value must be NONE
--annex-groupwanted EXPR
expression for the groupwanted. Makes sense only if --annex-wanted="groupwanted" and annex-group
is given too. See https://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-groupwanted/ for more information.
Constraints: value must be a string or value must be NONE
--inherit
if sibling is missing, inherit settings (git config, git annex wanted/group/groupwanted) from its
super-dataset.
--no-annex-info
Whether to query all information about the annex configurations of siblings. Can be disabled if
speed is a concern.
-r, --recursive
if set, recurse into potential subdatasets.
-R LEVELS, --recursion-limit LEVELS
limit recursion into subdatasets to the given number of levels. Constraints: value must be con‐
vertible to type 'int' or value must be NONE
--version
show the module and its version which provides the command
AUTHORS
datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.
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