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diff --git a/doc/forum/Let_watch_selectively_annex_files.mdwn b/doc/forum/Let_watch_selectively_annex_files.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..52da60293 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Let_watch_selectively_annex_files.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Hello, + +First of all, thanks to Joey for developing git-annex, good job! + +I have a small feature request: when running git annex watch, new files are automatically added to the annex. It would be nice to let this depend on an attribute: add a file to annex if an attribute is set, otherwise do a regular git add. + +My use-case is the following: I have a repository containing documents I'm working on (mostly LaTeX), which I'd like to be regular files in git (no annex), and a bunch of extra documentation (pdfs) and images, which I'd like to go to the annex. I currently set a git-attribute (addtoannex), and use a shell script to selectively add files to annex as follows: + +Content of .gitattributes: +*.png addtoannex +*.jpg addtoannex + +Snippet of add script: +git check-attr addtoannex "$FILE" | grep -q ": set$" +if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then + git annex add "$FILE" +else + git add "$FILE" +fi + +It would be great if the watcher could honour an attribute. + +best regards, +Tom |