DATALAD-CREATE-TEST-DATASET(1)

Bestie, welcome to datalad create-test-dataset — the General Commands Manual page that’s about to make test datasets feel iconic 🎀✨

💖 NAME 💖

datalad create-test-dataset — create test (meta-)dataset. No cap, that’s the whole vibe 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       datalad create-test-dataset [-h] [--spec SPEC] [--seed SEED] [--version]
              path

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• path — path/name where to create (if specified, must not exist). Constraints: value must be a string or value must be NONE.
• -h, --help, --help-np — show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help message.
• --spec SPEC — spec for hierarchy, defined as a min-max (min could be omitted to assume 0) defining how many (random number from min to max) of sub-datasets to generate at any given level of the hierarchy. Each level separated from each other with /. Example: 1-3/-2 would generate from 1 to 3 subdatasets at the top level, and up to two within those at the 2nd level. Constraints: value must be a string or value must be NONE.
• --seed SEED — seed for rng. Constraints: value must be convertible to type 'int' or value must be NONE.
• --version — show the module and its version which provides the command.

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>. Obsessed with the teamwork, honestly 👑

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Sign-off time, bestie: this is datalad create-test-dataset version 1.1.5, dated 2025-06-15 — stay iconic, and may your datasets always pass the vibe check 💖🦋