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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-03-26 16:55:29 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-03-26 16:55:29 -0400 |
| commit | 42f37af295a7b41e089360604576f1562c43f0d0 (patch) | |
| tree | ca9e3c909f8ff02af26f860c197d8bae9b1c38ab | |
| parent | 5fbe7f4cc5da0269242552673d786a869373262e (diff) | |
improve metadata documentation
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/set_metadata_on_wrong_files.mdwn | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex.mdwn | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/metadata.mdwn | 8 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/set_metadata_on_wrong_files.mdwn b/doc/bugs/set_metadata_on_wrong_files.mdwn index add68bae5..e31714784 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/set_metadata_on_wrong_files.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/set_metadata_on_wrong_files.mdwn @@ -86,3 +86,5 @@ metadata c.txt num=3 ok """]] + +> [[fixed|done]]; documentation improved --[[Joey]] diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 6e9f39826..51f618d0a 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -711,8 +711,9 @@ subdirectories). * `metadata [path ...] [-s field=value -s field+=value -s field-=value ...] [-g field]` - Each file can have any number of metadata fields attached to it, - which each in turn have any number of values. + The content of a file can have any number of metadata fields + attached to it to describe it. Each metadata field can in turn + have any number of values. This command can be used to set metadata, or show the currently set metadata. diff --git a/doc/metadata.mdwn b/doc/metadata.mdwn index 9f3c314fa..684820cb9 100644 --- a/doc/metadata.mdwn +++ b/doc/metadata.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -git-annex allows you to store arbitrary metadata about files stored in the -git-annex repository. The metadata is stored in the `git-annex` branch, and -so is automatically kept in sync with the rest of git-annex's state, such -as [[location_tracking]] information. +git-annex allows you to store arbitrary metadata about the content of files +stored in the git-annex repository. The metadata is stored in the +`git-annex` branch, and so is automatically kept in sync with the rest of +git-annex's state, such as [[location_tracking]] information. Some of the things you can do with metadata include: |