NAME

       git-annex-smudge - git filter driver for git-annex

SYNOPSIS

       git annex smudge [--clean] file

DESCRIPTION

       This command lets git-annex be used as a git filter driver which lets annexed files in the
       git repository to be unlocked at all times, instead of being symlinks.

       When adding a file with git add, the annex.largefiles config is consulted to decide  if  a
       given file should be added to git as-is, or if its content are large enough to need to use
       git-annex.

       The git configuration to use this command as a filter  driver  is  as  follows.   This  is
       normally  set  up  for  you  by  git-annex  init,  so  you should not need to configure it
       manually.

        [filter "annex"]
                smudge = git-annex smudge %f
                clean = git-annex smudge --clean %f

       To make git use that filter driver, it needs to be configured in the  .gitattributes  file
       or  in  .git/info/attributes.  The  latter  is  normally  configured  when a repository is
       initialized, with the following contents:

        * filter=annex
        .* !filter

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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