From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:42:32 +0000 (-0400) Subject: improve docs of annex.youtube-dl-options X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/10.20251029-1+rpi1~1^2~3^2~179 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1589c8908bc2e9ad6cff1baa3bb66a210fed71f4;p=git-annex.git improve docs of annex.youtube-dl-options The options are used whenever yt-dlp is run, not only when finding the url to download. --- diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index db8a88fa3b..6b668f69b5 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -2110,8 +2110,8 @@ Remotes are configured using these settings in `.git/config`. * `annex.youtube-dl-options` - Options to pass to yt-dlp when using it to find the url to download - for a video. + Options to pass to yt-dlp. For example if youtube is requiring cookies + to download from it, use something like "--cookies-from-browser firefox" Some options may break git-annex's integration with yt-dlp. For example, the --output option could cause it to store files somewhere