Allow butler ingest-files to disable file attribute tracking

python/lsst/daf/butler/cli/cmd/commands.py

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     query_datasets_options,
     register_dataset_types_option,
     repo_argument,
+    track_file_attrs_option,
     transfer_dimensions_option,
     transfer_option,
     verbose_option,
@@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ def collection_chain(**kwargs: Any) -> None:
     help="For relative paths in the table file, specify a prefix to use. The default is to"
     " use the current working directory.",
 )
+@track_file_attrs_option()
 @transfer_option()
 def ingest_files(**kwargs: Any) -> None:
     """Ingest files from table file.

python/lsst/daf/butler/cli/opt/options.py

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "order_by_option",
     "limit_option",
     "offset_option",
+    "track_file_attrs_option",
 )
 
 from functools import partial
@@ -313,3 +314,11 @@ def _config_split(*args: Any) -> dict[str, str]:
     type=int,
     default=0,
 )
+
+track_file_attrs_option = MWOptionDecorator(
+    "--track-file-attrs/--no-track-file-attrs",
+    default=True,
+    help="Indicate to the datastore whether file attributes such as file size"
+    " or checksum should be tracked or not. Whether this parameter is honored"
+    " depends on the specific datastore implementation.",
+)

python/lsst/daf/butler/script/ingest_files.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def ingest_files(
     id_generation_mode: str = "UNIQUE",
     prefix: str | None = None,
     transfer: str = "auto",
+    track_file_attrs: bool = True,
 ) -> None:
     """Ingest files from a table.
 
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@ def ingest_files(
         is to use the current working directory.
     transfer : `str`, optional
         Transfer mode to use for ingest.
+    track_file_attrs : `bool`, optional
+        Control whether file attributes such as the size or checksum should
+        be tracked by the datastore. Whether this parameter is honored
+        depends on the specific datastore implementation.
     """
     # Check that the formatter can be imported -- validate this as soon
     # as possible before we read a potentially large table file.
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ def ingest_files(
         table, common_data_id, datasetType, run, formatter, prefix, id_gen_mode
     )
 
-    butler.ingest(*datasets, transfer=transfer)
+    butler.ingest(*datasets, transfer=transfer, record_validation_info=track_file_attrs)
 
 
 def extract_datasets_from_table(