NAME¶

git-annex-lock - lock files to prevent modification

SYNOPSIS¶

git annex lock [path ...]

DESCRIPTION¶

Lock the specified annexed files, to prevent them from being modified. When no files are specified, all annexed files in the current directory are locked.

Locking a file changes how it is stored in the git repository (from a pointer file to a symlink), so this command will make a change that you can commit.

OPTIONS¶

file matching options

The git-annex-matching-options(1) can be used to specify files to lock.

--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.

SEE ALSO¶

git-annex(1)

git-annex-add(1)

git-annex-unlock(1)

AUTHOR¶

Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>