I just setup git-annex across three macs, using git-annex assistant. I have one repository working fine, which successfully syncs between two of my own accounts on two different machines, via S3.
Now I'm trying to get the "share with a friend" feature to work. The problem is that only Mac Alias's / sym links are created, for example:
Machine 1: - Copy file into ~/annex/
Machine 2: - The file is synced as a sym-link, with a link into a file in .git that doesn't exist.
The config is: - Version: 4.20130909-ga29f960 - Build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV FsEvents XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi - Two macs - Share with friend over Jabber - Use Box as the cloud sync service with encryption enabled. Box is setup as a transfer repository.
I've looked through the logs in .git/annex/daemon.log* and there doesn't look to be any problems.
This is what the log looks like:
[2013-09-14 19:55:47 PDT] Committer: Adding 20120101-..084-1.jpg
failed
add /Users/nick/Shared/20120101-GOPR0084-1.jpg (checksum...) ok
add /Users/nick/Shared/20120101-GOPR0084-1.jpg (checksum...) ok
add /Users/nick/Shared/20120101-GOPR0084-1.jpg (checksum...) ok
add /Users/nick/Shared/20120101-GOPR0084-1.jpg (checksum...) ok
add /Users/nick/Shared/20120101-GOPR0084-1.jpg (checksum...) [2013-09-14 19:55:47 PDT] Committer: Committing changes to git
[2013-09-14 19:55:48 PDT] XMPPSendPack: Syncing with USER2
Already up-to-date.
To xmpp::USER2@gmail.com
7b65b15..183b91c git-annex -> refs/synced/6163ef8e-c36a-4b09-919b-9c18ade55234/bmlja2JsYWNrMUBnbWFpbC5jb20=/git-annex
3104275..96afa09 master -> refs/synced/6163ef8e-c36a-4b09-919b-9c18ade55234/bmlja2JsYWNrMUBnbWFpbC5jb20=/master
[2013-09-14 19:55:49 PDT] XMPPSendPack: Syncing with USER2
Everything up-to-date
recv: resource vanished (Connection reset by peer)
Any ideas what I should look at next? Thanks in advance 
git-annex can only share the contents of files with a friend when you both have access to a transfer repository. Your friend's git-annex webapp should detect that it does not have such a repository, and should be displaying an alert like this:
So, you need to give your friend access to the S3 repository that you're already using to keep your 2 computers in sync. Or, set up some other transfer repository that you both can access.
There is a way in S3 to create another key that can read and write to a S3 bucket. You can then give that key to your friend.
Or, you could set up a shared git repository on a ssh server you both have access to. Or, set up a box.com remote -- the webapp will offer to store the box.com credentials and share them with your friend.