glx add source

Create a source entity

Synopsis

Create a Source entity in the archive.

--title is required (or --id). --type is validated against the source_types vocabulary. --repository must reference an existing repository.

glx add source [flags]

Examples

  # Indexed database source
  glx add source --title "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898" \
    --type database --repository repository-familysearch --archive ./archive

  # Book with author(s) and date
  glx add source --title "Genealogy of the Smith Family" \
    --type book --author "Jane Smith" --date 1923 --archive ./archive

Options

  -a, --archive string       Archive path (directory) (default ".")
      --author stringArray   Author (repeatable)
      --date string          Publication or compilation date
      --description string   Short description
      --dry-run              Print what would be created without writing files
      --force                Overwrite an existing entity with the chosen ID
  -h, --help                 help for source
      --id string            Override the derived entity ID
      --language string      Source language (e.g. en, de, la)
      --note stringArray     Free-text note (repeatable)
      --repository string    Repository ID
      --skip-validate        Skip whole-archive validation after adding (vocab and reference checks still run)
      --title string         Source title (required unless --id is given)
      --type string          Source type (vocabulary key in source_types)

Options inherited from parent commands

  -q, --quiet   Suppress non-error output (where supported)

SEE ALSO

• glx add - Create entities (person, place, event, …) from CLI flags