git-annex-fromkey(1)        General Commands Manual       git-annex-fromkey(1)

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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