NAME

       datalad unlock - unlock file(s) of a dataset

SYNOPSIS

       datalad unlock [-h] [-d DATASET] [-r] [-R LEVELS] [path [path ...]]

DESCRIPTION

       Unlock files of a dataset in order to be able to edit the actual content

OPTIONS

       path   file(s) to unlock. Constraints: value must be a string

       -h, -\-help, -\-help-np
              show  this  help  message.  --help-np  forcefully  disables  the use of a pager for
              displaying the help message

       -d DATASET, -\-dataset DATASET
              "specify the dataset to unlock files in. If no dataset is given, an attempt is made
              to  identify the dataset based on the current working directory. Constraints: Value
              must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path)

       -r, -\-recursive
              if set, recurse into potential subdataset.

       -R LEVELS, -\-recursion-limit LEVELS
              limit recursion into subdataset to the given number of levels.  Constraints:  value
              must be convertible to type 'int'

AUTHORS

        datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.