git-annex-clean(1) General Commands Manual git-annex-clean(1) NAME git-annex-clean - git filter driver for git-annex SYNOPSIS git annex clean DESCRIPTION When git-annex is used as a git filter driver, this command is run by git commands such as git add. It generates a file that is added to the git repository and points to the git-annex object containing the content of a large file. To configure git to use git-annex as a git filter driver, place the following in the .gitattributes file: * filter=annex .* !filter The annex.largefiles config is consulted to decide if a given file should be added to git as-is, or if its content are large enough to need to use git-annex. SEE ALSO git-annex(1) git-annex-smudge(1) AUTHOR Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name> git-annex-clean(1)