9 files changed, 95 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/CmdLine/Batch.hs b/CmdLine/Batch.hs
index ce9127975..d8d210de4 100644
--- a/CmdLine/Batch.hs
+++ b/CmdLine/Batch.hs
@@ -31,15 +31,7 @@ batchable handler parser paramdesc = batchseeker <$> batchparser
 		<*> cmdParams paramdesc
 	
 	batchseeker (opts, NoBatch, params) = mapM_ (go NoBatch opts) params
-	batchseeker (opts, Batch, _) = batchloop opts
-
-	batchloop opts = do
-		mp <- liftIO $ catchMaybeIO getLine
-		case mp of
-			Nothing -> return ()
-			Just p -> do
-				go Batch opts p
-				batchloop opts
+	batchseeker (opts, Batch, _) = batchInput Right (go Batch opts)
 
 	go batchmode opts p =
 		unlessM (handler opts p) $
@@ -52,11 +44,13 @@ batchBadInput NoBatch = liftIO exitFailure
 batchBadInput Batch = liftIO $ putStrLn ""
 
 -- Reads lines of batch mode input and passes to the action to handle.
-batchSeek :: (String -> Annex ()) -> Annex ()
-batchSeek a = do
+batchInput :: (String -> Either String a) -> (a -> Annex ()) -> Annex ()
+batchInput parser a = do
 	mp <- liftIO $ catchMaybeIO getLine
 	case mp of
 		Nothing -> return ()
-		Just p -> do
-			a p
-			batchSeek a
+		Just v -> do
+			either parseerr a (parser v)
+			batchInput parser a
+  where
+	parseerr s = error $ "Batch input parse failure: " ++ s
diff --git a/Command/AddUrl.hs b/Command/AddUrl.hs
index 659274e49..746a6725c 100644
--- a/Command/AddUrl.hs
+++ b/Command/AddUrl.hs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ data AddUrlOptions = AddUrlOptions
 	, relaxedOption :: Bool
 	, rawOption :: Bool
 	, batchOption :: BatchMode
+	, batchFilesOption :: Bool
 	}
 
 optParser :: CmdParamsDesc -> Parser AddUrlOptions
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ optParser desc = AddUrlOptions
 	<*> parseRelaxedOption
 	<*> parseRawOption
 	<*> parseBatchOption
+	<*> switch
+		( long "with-files"
+		<> help "parse batch mode lines of the form \"$url $file\""
+		)
 
 parseRelaxedOption :: Parser Bool
 parseRelaxedOption = switch
@@ -93,16 +98,25 @@ parseRawOption = switch
 
 seek :: AddUrlOptions -> CommandSeek
 seek o = allowConcurrentOutput $ do
-	forM_ (addUrls o) go
+	forM_ (addUrls o) (\u -> go (o, u))
 	case batchOption o of
-		Batch -> batchSeek go
+		Batch -> batchInput (parseBatchInput o) go
 		NoBatch -> noop
   where
-	go u = do
+	go (o', u) = do
 		r <- Remote.claimingUrl u
-		if Remote.uuid r == webUUID || rawOption o
-			then void $ commandAction $ startWeb o u
-			else checkUrl r o u
+		if Remote.uuid r == webUUID || rawOption o'
+			then void $ commandAction $ startWeb o' u
+			else checkUrl r o' u
+
+parseBatchInput :: AddUrlOptions -> String -> Either String (AddUrlOptions, URLString)
+parseBatchInput o s
+	| batchFilesOption o =
+		let (u, f) = separate (== ' ') s
+		in if null u || null f
+			then Left ("parsed empty url or filename in input: " ++ s)
+			else Right (o { fileOption = Just f }, u)
+	| otherwise = Right (o, s)
 
 checkUrl :: Remote -> AddUrlOptions -> URLString -> Annex ()
 checkUrl r o u = do
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d1c649a51..1ce79936e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ git-annex (5.20151219) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     that were present. Probably caused by a change to what git status
     displays in this situation. Fixed by treating files git thinks are
     modified the same as typechanged files.
-  * addurl: Added --batch option. 
+  * addurl: Added --batch and --with-files options.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 13:31:17 -0400
 
diff --git a/doc/bugs/info_--json_lists_backend_usage_stats_as_a_list_of_lists.mdwn b/doc/bugs/info_--json_lists_backend_usage_stats_as_a_list_of_lists.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d9fa8c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/bugs/info_--json_lists_backend_usage_stats_as_a_list_of_lists.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+5.20151116+gitg5416a1a-1~ndall+1
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+[[!format sh """
+    "backend usage": [
+        [
+            "MD5E",
+            2
+        ],
+        [
+            "SHA256E",
+            2
+        ]
+    ],
+"""]]
+
+instead of more logical
+
+[[!format sh """
+
+    "backend usage": {
+         "MD5E": 2,
+         "SHA256E": 2
+    }
+"""]]
+
+also it seems it just doubles them since I have only 2 files, 1 for each backend (as reported also by info "local annex keys": 2). 
+
+[[!meta author=yoh]]
diff --git a/doc/forum/Purge_whereis/comment_4_72b6c28d8a4865ad8c84b1f7dfefb78a._comment b/doc/forum/Purge_whereis/comment_4_72b6c28d8a4865ad8c84b1f7dfefb78a._comment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e0cab11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/forum/Purge_whereis/comment_4_72b6c28d8a4865ad8c84b1f7dfefb78a._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="frost.kristian@75a6b6a25121f985cd8708f98c691d41716ac720"
+ nickname="frost.kristian"
+ subject="comment 4"
+ date="2015-12-21T17:47:13Z"
+ content="""
+I did some digging. When creating a repo from the webapp, it is per default in direct mode. In direct mode, I am not able to run any git commands such as git commit. Subsequently, when running git annex sync. Files added when sync is disabled from the webapp are not committed.
+
+Is git-annex behaving as expected here?
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-addurl.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-addurl.mdwn
index eecc2c2bd..20cec9259 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-addurl.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-addurl.mdwn
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ be used to get better filenames.
   Enables batch mode, in which lines containing urls to add are read from
   stdin.
 
+* `--with-files`
+
+  When batch mode is enabled, makes it parse lines of the form: "$url $file"
+
+  That adds the specified url to the specified file, downloading its
+  content if the file does not yet exist; the same as
+  `git annex addurl $url --file $file`
+
 # SEE ALSO
 
 [[git-annex]](1)
diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn
index 5c6c65bc6..31626d7b0 100644
--- a/doc/install.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install.mdwn
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ detailed instructions             | quick install
 [[Windows]]                       | [download installer](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/) **beta**
 """]]
 
-Note: [[todo/git-annex_in_debian_sid]] is somewhat outdated, which makes the above Debian and Ubuntu release not quite up to date. The [NeuroDebian team](http://neuro.debian.net/) provides a [standalone build package](http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs/git-annex-standalone.html) that is regularly updated and that should work across all releases of Ubuntu and Debian. See [[todo/git-annex-standalone_Debian_package/]] for more information.
-
 All the download links above use https for security. For added security, see
 [[verifying_downloads]].
 
diff --git a/doc/install/Debian.mdwn b/doc/install/Debian.mdwn
index 3401afded..ce928e51f 100644
--- a/doc/install/Debian.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/Debian.mdwn
@@ -22,3 +22,11 @@ Follow the instructions to [enable backports](http://backports.debian.org/Instru
 Follow the instructions to [enable backports](http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/).
 
 	sudo apt-get -t squeeze-backports install git-annex
+
+## backport
+
+If the version shipped with Debian is too old, 
+the [NeuroDebian team](http://neuro.debian.net/) provides a
+[standalone build package](http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs/git-annex-standalone.html)
+that is regularly updated and that should work across all releases of
+Debian.
diff --git a/doc/install/Ubuntu.mdwn b/doc/install/Ubuntu.mdwn
index fde0e1c12..1e44226af 100644
--- a/doc/install/Ubuntu.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/Ubuntu.mdwn
@@ -42,3 +42,11 @@ If you don't have add-apt-repository installed run this command first:
 Warning: The version of git-annex shipped in Ubuntu Oneiric
 had [a bug that prevents upgrades from v1 git-annex repositories](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git-annex/+bug/875958).
 If you need to upgrade such a repository, get a newer version of git-annex.
+
+## backport
+
+If the version shipped with Ubuntu is too old, 
+the [NeuroDebian team](http://neuro.debian.net/) provides a
+[standalone build package](http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs/git-annex-standalone.html)
+that is regularly updated and that should work across all releases of
+Ubuntu.