I set up annex.largefiles in my global .gitattributes config. But git add doesn't add the defined large files to annex. But git annex works with large and small files as intended.
My config is the one below:
* annex.largefiles=nothing
*.pdf annex.largefiles=anything
*.mp4 annex.largefiles=anything
*.mp3 annex.largefiles=anything
*.mkv annex.largefiles=anything
*.odt annex.largefiles=anything
*.wav annex.largefiles=anything
*.DOC annex.largefiles=anything
*.pptx annex.largefiles=anything
*.docx annex.largefiles=anything
I'm using NixOS. My git annex version info is below:
git annex version
git-annex version: 10.20250630
build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Inotify DBus DesktopNotify TorrentParser MagicMime Servant Feeds Testsuite S3 WebDAV
dependency versions: aws-0.24.4 bloomfilter-2.0.1.2 crypton-1.0.4 DAV-1.3.4 feed-1.3.2.1 ghc-9.8.4 http-client-0.7.19 persistent-sqlite-2.13.3.0 torrent-10000.1.3 uuid-1.3.16 yesod-1.6.2.1
key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 BLAKE2B256E BLAKE2B256 BLAKE2B512E BLAKE2B512 BLAKE2B160E BLAKE2B160 BLAKE2B224E BLAKE2B224 BLAKE2B384E BLAKE2B384 BLAKE2BP512E BLAKE2BP512 BLAKE2S256E BLAKE2S256 BLAKE2S160E BLAKE2S160 BLAKE2S224E BLAKE2S224 BLAKE2SP256E BLAKE2SP256 BLAKE2SP224E BLAKE2SP224 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL GITBUNDLE GITMANIFEST VURL X*
remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav adb tahoe glacier ddar git-lfs httpalso borg rclone hook external compute mask
operating system: linux x86_64
supported repository versions: 8 9 10
upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
local repository version: 10
I have
.gitattributes:and git config:
Using
git addnow adds it to annex. This can be confirmed withThe output should show
present = trueat the end. If it wasn't added to annex, the output would showfatal: Not a valid object name file.pdf.And it seems that, by default, the files are stored in the working tree in their unlocked state. So
git adddoesn't replace the file with a symlink unlikegit annex add