I'm starting to experiment with git annex. I'd like to use it for a centralized git repo that will be checked out often, but the clones will rarely need some large binary files (used for testing). Therefore, I've set up a centralized/bare git repo and a clone of that repo using the instructions at [centralized_git_repository_tutorial](http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial/) and [bare_repositories](http://git-annex.branchable.com/bare_repositories/). I've added some files to the annex in the clone. I'm struggling to understand the difference between copy, move, and get. Here's a sequence of commands: >> git annex add shared/1bel.maegz >> git commit -m "added first file" >> git push >> git annex move shared/1bel.maegz --to origin ## Now it no longer exists in my local repo >> git annex get shared/1bel.maegz fails. >> git annex get shared/1bel.maegz --from origin fails. >> git annex copy shared/1bel.maegz --from origin fails. >> git annex move shared/1bel.maegz --from origin succeeds! Now I have the file in my clone. Each failure message is: fatal: Could not switch to '../.git/annex/objects/W8/gZ/SHA256-s99196--62874e9b58e652c9c01e796c2bf38b2234a80e0cef95c185bb7f0857d9765df2': No such file or directory git-annex: : hGetLine: end of file How are copy, move, and get different? Which one *should* I be using to move my large data into the central (bare) repo? Will it then be available to other clones?