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diff --git a/doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata.mdwn b/doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bd8fea737 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +git-annex's [[metadata]] works best when files have a lot of useful +metadata attached to them. + +To make git-annex automatically set the year and month when adding files, +run `git config annex.genmetadata true`. + +A git commit hook can be set up to extract lots of metadata from files +like photos, mp3s, etc. + +* Install the `extract` utility, from <http://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/> + `apt-get install extract` +* Download [[pre-commit-annex]] and install it in your git-annex repository + as `.git/hooks/pre-commit-annex`. + Remember to make the script executable! +* Run: `git config metadata.extract "artist album title camera_make video_dimensions"` + +Now any fields you list in metadata.extract to will be extracted and +stored when files are committed. + +To get a list of all possible fields, run: `extract -L | sed ' ' _` + +By default, if a git-annex already has a metadata field for a file, +its value will not be overwritten with metadata taken from files. +To allow overwriting, run: `git config metadata.overwrite true` |