quarto-dev / quarto-dev/quarto-cli
Document `--metadata-file` flag alongside `--metadata` in CLI
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Since May 16, 2025.
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Description
Currently only -M, --metadata is documented in Quarto CLI while --metadata-file is a pretty convenient way to pass complex metadata.
For reference, there is some inconsistent handling depending on how metadata are given:
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