NAME

       git-annex-fromkey - adds a file using a specific key

SYNOPSIS

       git annex fromkey [key file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       This  plumbing-level  command  can  be  used to manually set up a file in the git repository to link to a
       specified key.

       Multiple pairs of file and key can be given in a single command line.

       If no key and file pair are specified on the command line, batch input  is  used,  the  same  as  if  the
       --batch option were specified.

       Normally the key is a git-annex formatted key. However, to make it easier to use this to add urls, if the
       key cannot be parsed as a key, and is a valid url, an URL key is constructed from the url. Note that this
       does not register the url as a location of the key; use git-annex-registerurl(1) to do that.

OPTIONS

       --force

              Allow making a file link to a key whose content is not in the local repository. The key may not be
              known to git-annex at all.

       --batch
              In  batch  input mode, lines are read from stdin, and each line should contain a key and filename,
              separated by a single space.

       -z     When in batch mode, the input is delimited by nulls instead of the usual newlines.

              (Note that for this to be used, you have to explicitly enable batch mode with --batch)

       --json Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use  git-annex.  Each  line  of
              output is a JSON object.

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

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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