Let's say you want to distribute some big files to the whole world. You can of course, just drop them onto a website. But perhaps you'd like to use git-annex to manage those files. And as an added bonus, why not let anyone in the world clone your site and use `git-annex get`! My site like this is [downloads.kitenet.net](https://downloads.kitenet.net). Here's how I set it up. --[[Joey]] 1. Set up a web site. I used Apache, and configured it to follow symlinks. `Options FollowSymLinks` 2. Put some files on the website. Make sure it works. 4. `git init; git annex init` 3. We want users to be able to clone the git repository over http, because git-annex can download files from it over http as well. For this to work, `git update-server-info` needs to get run after commits. The git `post-update` hook will take care of this, you just need to enable the hook. `chmod +x .git/hooks/post-update` 5. `git annex add; git commit -m added` 6. Make sure users can still download files from the site directly. 7. Instruct advanced users to clone a http url that ends with the "/.git/" directory. For example, for downloads.kitenet.net, the clone url is `https://downloads.kitenet.net/.git/` 8. Set up a git `post-receive` hook that runs `git annex merge`, and the repository's working tree will automatically be updated when you run `git annex sync` in a clone that can push to the repository. (Needs git-annex version 4.20130703 or newer; older versions can use `git annex sync` in the post-receive hook instead.) When users clone over http, and run git-annex, it will automatically learn all about your repository and be able to download files right out of it, also using http.