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diff --git a/doc/metadata/comment_3_50b17af1cf75ce88c4aef59dcd971b82._comment b/doc/metadata/comment_3_50b17af1cf75ce88c4aef59dcd971b82._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..771b6a970 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/metadata/comment_3_50b17af1cf75ce88c4aef59dcd971b82._comment @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="madduck" + subject="Overwriting metadata from json" + date="2015-04-30T18:42:45Z" + content=""" +I see that --json allows me to export metadata in a well-parseable format. I'd really like to be able to pipe this into a file, edit the file and then pipe it back to git-annex, causing the metadata for each file to be rewritten from the JSON input. This would make it trivial to write an external metadata editor (like vidir, vorbistagedit, git annex vicfg even… etc.) +"""]] diff --git a/doc/metadata/comment_4_237721c5e8f66f303a1828810573a23d._comment b/doc/metadata/comment_4_237721c5e8f66f303a1828810573a23d._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d2c13888e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/metadata/comment_4_237721c5e8f66f303a1828810573a23d._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 4""" + date="2015-05-01T19:38:36Z" + content=""" +@madduck, you could file a todo if you want about that. + +However, I have my doubts; if the json supposed to include the full set of +metadata for the file? If so, that seems a potentially expensive interface. +If not, it would be hard to tell when metadata should be deleted, or when +multiple values are being set, vs a value being changed. + +The current interface to set metadata deals with these possibilities in a +compact and sensible way. +"""]] diff --git a/doc/metadata/comment_5_fd30444aecfc4792eb4dbfdebc230786._comment b/doc/metadata/comment_5_fd30444aecfc4792eb4dbfdebc230786._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..195eea278 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/metadata/comment_5_fd30444aecfc4792eb4dbfdebc230786._comment @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="madduck" + subject="TODO written" + date="2015-05-06T14:24:56Z" + content=""" +@joeyh, yes, it would overwrite all metadata. The idea would be to export with --json, manipulate, import… + +http://git-annex.branchable.com/todo/ability_to_set_metadata_from_json/?updated +"""]] |