NAME

       git-annex-matchexpression - checks if an expression matches

SYNOPSIS

       git annex matchexpression expression [data]

DESCRIPTION

       This  plumbing-level  command  is  given a preferred content expression, and some data, and checks if the
       expression matches the data. It exits 0 if it matches, and 1 if not. If not enough data was provided,  it
       displays an error and exits with special code 42.

       For example, this will exit 0:

        git annex matchexpression "include=*.png and largerthan=1mb" --file=foo.png --size=10mb

OPTIONS

       --file=

              Provide the filename to match against. Note that the file does not have to actually exist on disk.

       --size=
              Tell  what  the  size  of the file is. The size can be specified with any commonly used units, for
              example, "0.5 gb" or "100 KiloBytes".

       --key= Tell what key is being matched against. This is needed for matching  expressions  like  "copies=N"
              and "metadata=tag=foo" and "present", which all need to look up the information on file for a key.

              Many keys have a known size, and so --size is not needed when specifying such a key.

       --largefiles
              Parse  the  expression  as  an  annex.largefiles  expression,  rather  than  a  preferred  content
              expression.

       --mimetype=
              Tell what the mime type of the file is. Only needed  when  using  --largefiles  with  a  mimetype=
              expression.

       --mimeencoding=
              Tell  what  the  mime  encoding  of  the  file  is.  Only  needed  when  using --largefiles with a
              mimeencoding= expression.

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-preferred-content(1)

       git-annex-matching-expression(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

                                                                                    git-annex-matchexpression(1)