NAME

       git-annex-drop - remove content of files from repository

SYNOPSIS

       git annex drop [path ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Drops the content of annexed files from this repository, when possible.

       git-annex will refuse to drop content if it cannot verify it is safe to do so.

OPTIONS

       --from=remote

              Rather  than  dropping  the  content  of  files in the local repository, this option can specify a
              remote from which the files' contents should be removed.

       --auto Rather than trying to drop all specified files, drop only files that are not preferred content  of
              the repository.  See git-annex-preferred-content(1)

       --force
              Use  this  option with care! It bypasses safety checks, and forces git-annex to delete the content
              of the specified files, even from the last repository that is storing their content. Data loss can
              result from using this option.

       --all  Rather than specifying a filename or path to drop, this option can be used to drop  all  available
              versions of all files.

              This is the default behavior when running git-annex drop in a bare repository.

       --unused
              Drop files found by last run of git-annex unused.

       --key=keyname
              Use this option to drop a specified key.

       file matching options
              The git-annex-matching-options(1) can be used to specify files to drop.

       --jobs=N -JN
              Runs  multiple  drop  jobs  in parallel. This is particularly useful when git-annex has to contact
              remotes to check if it can drop files.  For example: -J4

SEE ALSO

       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-get(1)

       git-annex-move(1)

       git-annex-copy(1)

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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