git-annex: manage files with git, without checking their contents into git

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git-annex allows managing files with git, without checking the file contents into git. While that may seem paradoxical, it is useful when dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due to limitations in memory, time, or disk space.

It can store large files in many places, from local hard drives, to a large number of cloud storage services, including S3, WebDAV, and rsync, with a dozen cloud storage providers usable via plugins. Files can be stored encrypted with gpg, so that the cloud storage provider cannot see your data. git-annex keeps track of where each file is stored, so it knows how many copies are available, and has many facilities to ensure your data is preserved.

git-annex can also be used to keep a folder in sync between computers, noticing when files are changed, and automatically committing them to git and transferring them to other computers. The git-annex webapp makes it easy to set up and use git-annex this way.

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Flags

Automatic Flags

Name	Description	Default
assistant	Enable git-annex assistant, webapp, and watch command	Enabled
pairing	Enable pairing	Enabled
production	Enable production build (slower build; faster binary)	Enabled
torrentparser	Use haskell torrent library to parse torrent files	Enabled
magicmime	Use libmagic to determine file MIME types	Enabled
benchmark	Enable benchmarking	Enabled
debuglocks	Debug location of MVar/STM deadlocks	Disabled
dbus	Enable dbus support	Enabled
gitlfs	Build with git-lfs library (rather than vendored copy)	Enabled

Use -f <flag> to enable a flag, or -f -<flag> to disable that flag. More info

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Change log	CHANGELOG
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License	AGPL-3.0-only
Copyright	2010-2022 Joey Hess
Author	Joey Hess
Maintainer	Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
Category	Utility
Home page	http://git-annex.branchable.com/
Source repo	head: git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/
Uploaded	by JoeyHess at 2023-01-26T19:34:35Z
Distributions	Arch:10.20240927, Debian:8.20211123, Fedora:10.20230626, FreeBSD:5.20150727, NixOS:10.20240927, openSUSE:10.20240927
Reverse Dependencies	1 direct, 0 indirect [details]
Executables	git-annex
Downloads	264315 total (726 in the last 30 days)
Rating	2.0 (votes: 1) [estimated by Bayesian average]
Your Rating	λ λ λ
Status	Docs not available [build log] All reported builds failed as of 2023-01-26 [all 2 reports]

Readme for git-annex-10.20230126

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git-annex allows managing large files with git, without storing the file
contents in git. It can sync, backup, and archive your data, offline
and online. Checksums and encryption keep your data safe and secure. Bring
the power and distributed nature of git to bear on your large files with
git-annex.

For documentation, see doc/ or <https://git-annex.branchable.com/>