Installation

DataLad requires Git. Check if it is already installed:

git --version

If it isn't, install it using your platform's package manager or via an installer (https://git-scm.com/downloads).

Installation

DataLad requires git-annex.
Unless you know better, install uv to obtain git-annex: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/#standalone-installer

uv tool install git-annex

DataLad is available on all major operating systems, for example via pip, conda, apt, brew; See handbook.datalad.org/r.html?install.
Unless you know better, install via DataLad and datalad-next via uv.

uv tool install datalad --with datalad-next

Installation

Verify installation. Should show version for cmd:git and cmd:annex:

datalad wtf -S dependencies

Identity setup and configuration

Check Git identity:

git config --get user.name
git config --get user.email

Configure Git identity (please customize!):

git config --global user.name "Adina Wagner"
git config --global user.email "adina.wagner@t-online.de"

Configure DataLad to use latest features from datalad-next extension:

git config --global --add datalad.extensions.load next