NAME

       git-annex-reinject - inject content of file back into annex

SYNOPSIS

       git annex reinject [src dest]

       git annex reinject --known [src]

DESCRIPTION

       Moves  the content of the src file or files into the annex.  Only known file contents will be reinjected.
       Any unknown src files will be left unchanged.

       This can be useful if you have obtained the content of a file from elsewhere and want to put  it  in  the
       local  annex.  For  example, if a file's content has been lost and you have a backup, you can restore the
       backup and reinject it into your local repository.

       There are two ways to use this command. Specifying a src file and the name of a dest file (located inside
       the repository's working tree) injects the src file as the content of the dest file.

        git annex reinject /tmp/foo.iso foo.iso

       Or  the  --known  option can be used to reinject all known src files, without needing to specify the dest
       file.

        git annex reinject --known /tmp/*.iso

OPTIONS

       --known

              With this option, each specified src file is hashed using the default key-value  backend  (or  the
              one  specified  with --backend), and if git-annex has a record of the resulting key having been in
              the annex before, the content is reinjected.

              Note that, when using a key-value backend that includes the filename extension in  the  key,  this
              will  only  work if the src files have the same extensions as the files with the same content that
              was originally added to git-annex.

              Note that this will reinject old versions of files that have been modified  or  deleted  from  the
              current  git branch.  Use git-annex-unused(1) to detect when such old and potentially unused files
              have been reinjected.

       --backend
              Specify the key-value backend to use when checking if a file is known with the --known option.

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-add(1)

       git-annex-unused(1)

       git-annex-fsck(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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