NAME

       datalad no-annex - configure a dataset to never put some content into the dataset's annex

SYNOPSIS

       datalad  no-annex  [-h] [-d DATASET] [--pattern PATTERN [PATTERN ...]] [--ref-dir REF_DIR]
              [--makedirs] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       This can be useful in mixed datasets that also contain textual data, such as source  code,
       which can be efficiently and more conveniently managed directly in Git.

       Patterns generally look like this::

       code/*

       which  would  match  all  file  in  the  code directory. In order to match all files under
       ``code/``, including all its subdirectories use such a pattern::

       code/**

       Note that this command works incrementally, hence any existing configuration (e.g. from  a
       previous plugin run) is amended, not replaced.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help, --help-np
              show  this  help  message.  --help-np  forcefully  disables  the use of a pager for
              displaying the help message

       -d DATASET, --dataset DATASET
              "specify the dataset to configure. If no dataset is given, an attempt  is  made  to
              identify  the  dataset  based  on the current working directory. Constraints: Value
              must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path) or value must be
              NONE

       --pattern PATTERN [PATTERN ...]
              list  of  path patterns. Any content whose path is matching any pattern will not be
              annexed when added to a dataset, but instead will be tracked directly in Git.  Path
              pattern  have  to  be  relative  to  the  directory given by the REF_DIR option. By
              default, patterns should be relative to the root of the dataset.

       --ref-dir REF_DIR
              Relative path (within the dataset) to the directory that is to be  configured.  All
              patterns  are  interpreted relative to this path, and configuration is written to a
              ``.gitattributes`` file in this directory. [Default: '.']

       --makedirs
              If set, any missing directories will be created in order to be able to place a file
              into ``--ref-dir``.

       --version
              show the module and its version which provides the command

AUTHORS

        datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.