datalad update - update a dataset from a sibling.
datalad update [-h] [-s SIBLING] [--merge]
[-d DATASET] [-r] [--recursion-limit LEVELS] [--fetch-all]
[--reobtain-data] [PATH [PATH ...]]
- PATH
- path to a dataset that shall be updated. Constraints: value must be a
string [Default: None]
- -h, --help,
--help-np
- show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager
for displaying the help message
- -s SIBLING,
--sibling SIBLING
- name of the sibling to update from. If no sibling is given, updates from
all siblings are obtained. Constraints: value must be a string [Default:
None]
- --merge
- merge obtained changes from the given or the default sibling. [Default:
False]
- -d DATASET,
--dataset DATASET
- "specify the dataset to update. If no dataset is given, an attempt is
made to identify the dataset based on the input and/or the current working
directory. Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a
Dataset (e.g. a path) [Default: None]
- -r,
--recursive
- if set, recurse into potential subdataset. [Default: False]
- --recursion-limit
LEVELS
- limit recursion into subdataset to the given number of levels.
Constraints: value must be convertible to type 'int' [Default: None]
- --fetch-all
- this option has no effect and will be removed in a future version. When no
siblings are given, an all-sibling update will be performed. [Default:
None]
- --reobtain-data
- if enabled, file content that was present before an update will be
re-obtained in case a file was changed by the update. [Default:
False]
datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors
<team@datalad.org>.