git-annex-smudge(1)

NAME
git-annex-smudge - git filter driver for git-annex

SYNOPSIS
git annex smudge [--clean] file

DESCRIPTION
This command lets git-annex be used as a git filter driver which lets annexed files in the git repository to be unlocked at all times, instead of being symlinks.

When adding a file with git add, the annex.largefiles config is consulted to decide if a given file should be added to git as-is, or if its content are large enough to need to use git-annex.

The git configuration to use this command as a filter driver is as follows. This is normally set up for you by git-annex init, so you should not need to configure it manually.

 [filter "annex"]
         smudge = git-annex smudge %f
         clean = git-annex smudge --clean %f

To make git use that filter driver, it needs to be configured in the .gitattributes file or in .git/info/attributes. The latter is normally configured when a repository is initialized, with the following contents:

 * filter=annex
 .* !filter

SEE ALSO
git-annex(1)

AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>