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
s3	Enable S3 support	Enabled
webdav	Enable WebDAV support	Enabled
inotify	Enable inotify support	Enabled
dbus	Enable dbus support	Enabled
assistant	Enable git-annex assistant and watch command	Enabled
webapp	Enable git-annex webapp	Enabled
webapp-secure	Secure webapp	Enabled
pairing	Enable pairing	Enabled
xmpp	Enable notifications using XMPP	Enabled
dns	Enable the haskell DNS library for DNS lookup	Enabled
production	Enable production build (slower build; faster binary)	Enabled
android	Cross building for Android	Disabled
androidsplice	Building to get TH splices for Android	Disabled
testsuite	Embed the test suite into git-annex	Enabled
tdfa	Use regex-tdfa for wildcards	Enabled
feed	Enable podcast feed support	Enabled
quvi	Enable use of quvi to download videos	Enabled
tahoe	Enable the tahoe special remote	Enabled
cryptohash	Enable use of cryptohash for checksumming	Enabled
desktopnotify	Enable desktop environment notifications	Enabled
ekg	Enable use of EKG to monitor git-annex as it runs (at http://localhost:4242/)	Disabled
network-uri	Get Network.URI from the network-uri package	Enabled

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

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git-annex-5.20141125.tar.gz [browse] (Cabal source package)
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Change log	CHANGELOG
Dependencies	aeson, async, base (>=4.5 && <4.9), blaze-builder, bloomfilter, byteable, bytestring, case-insensitive, clientsession, containers, crypto-api, cryptohash (>=0.10.0), data-default, data-endian, dataenc, DAV (>=1.0), dbus (>=0.10.3), directory, dlist, dns, edit-distance, ekg, exceptions (>=0.6), fdo-notify (>=0.3), feed, filepath, gnutls (>=0.1.4), hamlet, hfsevents, hinotify, hS3, hslogger, http-client, http-conduit, http-types, IfElse, json, MissingH, monad-control, mtl (>=2), network (>=2.0), network-info, network-multicast, network-protocol-xmpp, network-uri (>=2.6), old-locale, optparse-applicative (>=0.9.1), path-pieces, process, QuickCheck (>=2.1), random, regex-compat, regex-tdfa, SafeSemaphore, securemem, setenv, SHA, shakespeare, stm (>=2.3), tasty (>=0.7), tasty-hunit, tasty-quickcheck, tasty-rerun, template-haskell, text, time, transformers, unix, unix-compat, utf8-string, uuid, wai, wai-extra, warp, warp-tls, Win32, Win32-extras, Win32-notify, xml-types, yesod, yesod-core, yesod-default, yesod-form, yesod-static [details]
License	GPL-3.0-only
Copyright	2010-2014 Joey Hess
Author	Joey Hess
Maintainer	Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Category	Utility
Home page	http://git-annex.branchable.com/
Source repo	head: git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/
Uploaded	by JoeyHess at 2014-11-05T16:17:13Z
Distributions	Arch:10.20240927, Debian:8.20211123, Fedora:10.20230626, FreeBSD:5.20150727, NixOS:10.20240731, openSUSE:10.20240927
Reverse Dependencies	1 direct, 0 indirect [details]
Executables	git-annex
Downloads	262969 total (1007 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 2016-12-12 [all 6 reports]

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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, checksumming time, or disk space.

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