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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-03-26 16:55:29 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-03-26 16:55:29 -0400
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improve metadata documentation
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* `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.