.TH git-annex-dropkey 1
.SH NAME
git-annex-dropkey \- drops annexed content for specified keys
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.SH SYNOPSIS
git annex dropkey \fB[key ...]\fP
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.SH DESCRIPTION
This plumbing\-level command drops the annexed data for the specified
keys from this repository.
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This can be used to drop content for arbitrary keys, which do not need
to have a file in the git repository pointing at them.
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Warning: This command does not check that enough other copies of the content
exist; using it can easily result in data loss.
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.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-\-batch\fP"
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Enables batch mode, in which lines containing keys to drop are read from
stdin.
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.IP "\fB\-\-json\fP"
Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use
git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
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.IP "\fB\-\-json\-error\-messages\fP"
Messages that would normally be output to standard error are included in
the json instead.
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.SH SEE ALSO
git-annex(1)
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git-annex\-setkey(1)
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.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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