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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-10-31 12:33:41 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-10-31 12:33:41 -0400
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Removed the setkey command, and added a setcontent command with a more useful interface.
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@@ -274,6 +274,20 @@ subdirectories).
However, if a backend changes the information it uses to construct a key,
this can also be used to migrate files to use the new key format.
+* setcontent src dest
+
+ Makes the dest file, which must already be tracked by git-annex have the
+ content of the src file. The src file is removed. This can be useful if you
+ have obtained the content of a file from elsewhere and want to put it in
+ the local annex.
+
+ Automatically runs fsck on dest to check that the expected content was
+ provided.
+
+ Example:
+
+ git annex setcontent /tmp/foo.iso foo.iso
+
* unannex [path ...]
Use this to undo an accidental `git annex add` command. You can use
@@ -321,15 +335,6 @@ subdirectories).
git annex dropkey SHA1-s10-7da006579dd64330eb2456001fd01948430572f2
-* setkey file
-
- This plumbing-level command sets the annexed data for a key to the
- content of the specified file, and then removes the file.
-
- Example:
-
- git annex setkey --key=WORM-s3-m1287765018--file /tmp/file
-
# OPTIONS
* --force