It was a mistake for mirror to support --json, but that happened long
ago and it doesn't seem worth removing. I doubt anyone will use it.
Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use
git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
+ Note that unlike all other commands that support `--json`, this command
+ outputs different types of json objects in different circumstances.
+
* `--json-progress`
Include progress objects in JSON output.