NAME

       datalad no-annex - configure a dataset to never put some content into the dataset's annex

SYNOPSIS

       datalad  no-annex  [-h]  [-d  DATASET] [--pattern PATTERN [PATTERN ...]] [--ref-dir REF_DIR] [--makedirs]
              [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       This can be useful in mixed datasets that also contain textual data, such as source code,  which  can  be
       efficiently and more conveniently managed directly in Git.

       Patterns generally look like this::

       code/*

       which  would match all file in the code directory. In order to match all files under ``code/``, including
       all its subdirectories use such a pattern::

       code/**

       Note that this command works incrementally, hence any existing configuration (e.g. from a previous plugin
       run) is amended, not replaced.

OPTIONS

       -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 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

       --pattern PATTERN [PATTERN ...]
              list  of  path  patterns.  Any content whose path is matching any pattern will not be annexed when
              added to a dataset, but instead will be tracked directly in Git. Path pattern have to be  relative
              to  the directory given by the REF_DIR option. By default, patterns should be relative to the root
              of the dataset.

       --ref-dir REF_DIR
              Relative path (within the dataset) to the directory that is to be configured. All patterns are in‐
              terpreted relative to this path, and configuration is written to a ``.gitattributes`` file in this
              directory. [Default: '.']

       --makedirs
              If set, any missing directories will be created in order to be able to place a file into  ``--ref-
              dir``.

       --version
              show the module and its version which provides the command

AUTHORS

        datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.

datalad no-annex 1.1.5                             2025-06-15                                datalad no-annex(1)