git-annex-common-options(1)

NAME
git-annex-common-options - options supported by many git-annex commands

DESCRIPTION
These common options are accepted by many git-annex commands, and may not be explicitly listed on their individual man pages. Most of these options are accepted by all git-annex commands. (Many commands also accept the git-annex-matching-options(1).)

OPTIONS

--force

    Force unsafe actions, such as dropping a file's content when no other source of it can be verified to still exist, or adding ignored files. Use with care.

--fast
    Avoid some expensive operations normally performed by a command. What is avoided depends on the command, see individual command's man pages for details.

--quiet
    Avoid the default verbose display of what is done; only show errors.

--verbose
    Enable verbose display.

--debug
    Display debug messages.

--no-debug
    Disable display of debug messages.

--debugfilter=name[,name..]
    When debug message display has been enabled by --debug, this filters the debug messages that are displayed to ones coming from modules with the specified names.

    To find the names of modules, see the full debug output, which includes the module name, eg "(Utility.Process)"

    The full module name does not need to be specified when using this, a substring of the name will do.

    For example, --debugfilter=Process,External will display debugging output when git-annex runs processes, and when it communicates with external special remotes.

--numcopies=n
    Overrides the numcopies setting.

    Note that setting numcopies to 0 is very unsafe.

--mincopies=n
    Overrides the mincopies setting.

    Note that setting mincopies to 0 is very unsafe.

--time-limit=time
    Limits how long a git-annex command runs. The time can be something like "5h", or "30m" or even "45s" or "10d".

    Note that git-annex may continue running a little past the specified time limit, in order to finish processing a file.

    When the time limit prevents git-annex from doing all it was asked to, it will exit with a special code, 101.

--size-limit=size
    Limits the total size of annexed files that a git-annex command can process.

    The size can be specified with any commonly used units, for example, "50gb".

    In some cases, an annexed file's size is not known. This option will prevent git-annex from processing such files.

    When the size limit prevents git-annex from acting on any files, it will exit with a special code, 101.

--semitrust=repository

--untrust=repository
    Overrides trust settings for a repository. May be specified more than once.

    The repository should be specified using the name of a configured remote, or the UUID or description of a repository.

--trust=repository
    This used to override trust settings for a repository, but now will not do so, because trusting a repository can lead to data loss, and data loss is now only enabled when using the --force option.

--trust-glacier
    This used to override trust settings for Glacier special remotes, but now will not do so, because it could lead to data loss, and data loss is now only enabled when using the --force option.

--backend=name
    Specifies which key-value backend to use. This can be used when adding a file to the annex, or migrating a file. Once files are in the annex, their backend is known and this option is not necessary.

--user-agent=value
    Overrides the User-Agent to use when downloading files from the web.

--notify-finish
    Caused a desktop notification to be displayed after each successful file download and upload.

    (Only supported on some platforms, e.g. Linux with dbus. A no-op when not supported.)

--notify-start
    Caused a desktop notification to be displayed when a file upload or download has started, or when a file is dropped.

-c name=value
    Overrides git configuration settings. May be specified multiple times.

SEE ALSO
git-annex(1)

AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>