NAME

       git-annex-unused - look for unused file content

SYNOPSIS

       git annex unused

DESCRIPTION

       Checks  the  annex  for  data  that does not correspond to any files present in any tag or
       branch, or in the git index, and prints a numbered list of the data.

       After running this command, you can use the --unused  option  with  many  other  git-annex
       commands to operate on all the unused data that was found.

       For example, to move all unused data to origin:

        git annex unused; git annex move --unused --to origin

OPTIONS

       --fast

              Only show unused temp and bad files.

       --from=repository
              Check for unused data that is located in a repository.

              The  repository  should  be specified using the name of a configured remote, or the
              UUID or description of a repository.

       --used-refspec=+ref:-ref
              By default, any data that the  git  index  uses,  or  that  any  refs  in  the  git
              repository  point  to  is considered to be used. If you only want to use some refs,
              you can use this option to specify the ones  to  use.  Data  that  is  not  in  the
              specified refs (and not used by the index) will then be considered unused.

              See REFSPEC FORMAT below for details of the format of this setting.

              The  git  configuration  annex.used-refspec can be used to configure this in a more
              permanent fashion.

       --json Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use git-annex.

       --json-error-messages
              Messages that would normally be output to standard error are included in  the  JSON
              instead.

       Also the git-annex-common-options(1) can be used.

REFSPEC FORMAT

       The  refspec format for --used-refspec and annex.used-refspec is a colon-separated list of
       additions and removals of refs.  A somewhat contrived example:

        +refs/heads/*:+HEAD^:+refs/tags/*:-refs/tags/old-tag:reflog

       This adds all refs/heads/ refs, as well as the previous version of HEAD. It also adds  all
       tags, except for old-tag. And it adds all refs from the reflog.

       The default behavior is equivilant to --used-refspec=+refs/*:+HEAD

       The  refspec  is  processed by starting with an empty set of refs, and walking the list in
       order from left to right.

       Each + using a glob is matched against all relevant refs (a subset of  git  show-ref)  and
       all  matching  refs  are added to the set.  For example, "+refs/remotes/*" adds all remote
       refs.

       Each + without a glob adds the literal value to  the  set.   For  example,  "+HEAD^"  adds
       "HEAD^".

       Each  -  is  matched against the set of refs accumulated so far.  Any refs with names that
       match are removed from the set.

       "reflog" adds all the refs from the reflog. This will make past versions of files  not  be
       considered  to  be  unused until the ref expires from the reflog (by default for 90 days).
       Note that this may make git-annex unused take some time to complete, it if needs to  check
       every ref from the reflog.

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-dropunused(1)

       git-annex-addunused(1)

       git-annex-whereused(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

                                                                              git-annex-unused(1)