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diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 09b245497..81c229c51 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ git-annex - manage files with git, without checking their contents in # SYNOPSIS -git annex subcommand [path ...] +git annex subcommand [params ...] # DESCRIPTION @@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ Many git-annex subcommands will stage changes for later `git commit` by you. Fixes up symlinks that have become broken to again point to annexed content. This is useful to run if you have been moving the symlinks around. +* fromkey file + + This can be used to maually set up a file to link to a specified key + in the key-value backend. How you determine an existing key in the backend + varies. For the URL backend, the key is just a URL to the content. + + Example: + + git annex fromkey --backend=URL --key=http://www.archive.org/somefile somefile + # OPTIONS * --force @@ -104,6 +114,15 @@ Many git-annex subcommands will stage changes for later `git commit` by you. Force unsafe actions, such as dropping a file's content when no other source of it can be verified to still exist. Use with care. +* --backend=name + + Specify the default key-value backend to use, adding it to the front + of the list normally configured by `annex.backends`. + +* --key=name + + Specifies a key to operate on, for use with the addkey subcommand. + ## CONFIGURATION Like other git commands, git-annex is configured via `.git/config`. |