NAME

       git-annex-add - adds files to the git annex

SYNOPSIS

       git annex add [path ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Adds  the  specified  files  to  the annex. If a directory is specified, acts on all files
       inside the directory and its subdirectories.  If no path is specified, adds files from the
       current directory and below.

       Files  that  are  already  checked  into  git  and  are  unmodified,  or that git has been
       configured to ignore will be silently skipped.

       If annex.largefiles is configured, and does not match a file, git annex  add  will  behave
       the  same as git add and add the non-large file directly to the git repository, instead of
       to the annex.

       Large files are added to the annex in locked form, which prevents further modification  of
       their  content unless unlocked by git-annex-unlock(1).  (This is not the case however when
       a repository is in a filesystem not supporting symlinks, or is in direct mode.)  To add  a
       file  to the annex in unlocked form, git add can be used instead (that only works when the
       repository has annex.version 6 or higher).

       This command can also be used to add symbolic links, both symlinks to annexed content, and
       other symlinks.

OPTIONS

       --include-dotfiles

              Dotfiles are skipped unless explicitly listed, or unless this option is used.

       --force
              Add gitignored files.

       --backend
              Specifies which key-value backend to use.

       file matching options
              Many of the git-annex-matching-options(1) can be used to specify files to add.

              For example: --largerthan=1GB

       --jobs=N -JN
              Adds multiple files in parallel. This may be faster.  For example: -J4

       --update -u
              Like  git  add  --update,  this  does not add new files, but any updates to tracked
              files will be added to the index.

       --json Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that  use  git-annex.
              Each line of output is a JSON object.

       --json-error-messages
              Messages  that  would normally be output to standard error are included in the json
              instead.

       --batch
              Enables batch mode, in which a file to add is read in a line from stdin,  the  file
              is added, and repeat.

              Note  that  if  a  file  is skipped (due to not existing, being gitignored, already
              being in git etc), an empty line will  be  output  instead  of  the  normal  output
              produced when adding a file.

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-unlock(1)

       git-annex-lock(1)

       git-annex-undo(1)

       git-annex-import(1)

       git-annex-unannex(1)

       git-annex-reinject(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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