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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