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

NAME
       git-annex-rekey - change keys used for files

SYNOPSIS
       git annex rekey [file key ...]

DESCRIPTION
       This plumbing-level command is similar to migrate, but you specify both
       the file, and the new key to use for it.

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

       Note that, unlike git-annex migrate, this does not copy over metadata,
       urls, and other such information from the old to the new key

OPTIONS
       --force

              Allow rekeying of even files whose content is not currently
              available.  Use with caution.

       --batch
              Enables batch mode, in which lines are read from stdin.  Each
              line should contain the file, and the new key to use for that
              file, separated by a single space.

       -z     Makes the --batch input be delimited by nulls instead of the
              usual newlines.

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

       --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.

SEE ALSO
       git-annex(1)

       git-annex-migrate(1)

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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