git-annex-describe(1)

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git-annex-describe(1) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual — this is the git-annex-describe page and it's literally just about giving your repos cute little names. lowkey iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

git-annex-describe — change description of a repository

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

git annex describe repository description

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically: this changes the description of a repository. that's the whole vibe.

The repository you wanna describe can be named by git remote name or by uuid. and if the repo you're trying to describe is the one you're literally standing in rn? just say "here". yes really, that's the magic word. 🪄

Now why do we care — git-annex shows repository descriptions in various places. and they're most useful when git-annex knows about a repository but there's no git remote that corresponds to it. like, you know it exists, it's in the group chat, but it has no contact card. that's when a description eats. 🍓

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --json — turns on JSON output. this one is meant to be parsed by programs that use git-annex, so it's for the robots, not for your eyeballs. every line of output is a JSON object. one line, one object, no cap. 🤖
  • --json-error-messages — messages that would normally go to standard error get included in the JSON</hyper> instead. so the errors stay in the JSON stream, they don't leak out the side. ✨

Also the git-annex-common-options(1) can be used. go check that page too, it's got the shared stuff. 👑

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

k that's the whole page bestie, you're officially a repo-description girlie now 💅

this was git-annex-describe(1) from the General Commands Manual — go forth and describe things, mwah 🫶

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