This page is a place to document tips and techniques for using git-annex.

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client side upload to a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 30 17:57:07 2024
smart http server
Posted Mon Jul 29 15:25:29 2024
clusters
Posted Thu Jun 27 19:44:18 2024
storing a git repository on any special remote
Posted Thu May 30 17:26:45 2024
redacting history by converting git files to annexed
Posted Sat Feb 10 16:50:02 2024
using nested git repositories
Posted Thu Jan 13 18:08:24 2022
Using git-annex on NTFS with WSL1
Posted Fri Oct 22 22:13:45 2021
enable tor on nixos
Posted Tue Aug 24 04:43:35 2021
cloning a repository privately
Posted Fri Apr 23 18:54:30 2021
using borg for efficient storage of old annexed files
Posted Mon Dec 28 21:05:12 2020
using git-annex from your program
Posted Wed Sep 16 17:03:37 2020
using Backblaze B2
Posted Thu Mar 5 02:33:30 2020
using Google Drive
Posted Thu Mar 5 02:33:30 2020
using Hubic
Posted Thu Mar 5 02:33:30 2020
finding which file matches a key
Posted Mon Oct 21 15:40:54 2019
multiple remotes accessing the same data store
Posted Mon Oct 14 20:09:23 2019
storing data in git-lfs
Posted Mon Aug 5 17:44:42 2019
android sync with adb
Posted Tue Apr 9 22:01:16 2019
Using git-worktree with annex
Posted Wed Nov 28 09:02:10 2018
hiding missing files
Posted Sat Oct 20 18:23:29 2018
local caching of annexed files
Posted Wed Aug 1 19:35:58 2018
hashdeep integration
Posted Mon Jun 18 12:45:31 2018
install on Android in Termux
Posted Wed Apr 25 17:50:16 2018
Announcing recastex - (re)podcast from your annex
Posted Fri Apr 6 06:51:34 2018
Splitting a git-annex repository
Posted Mon Apr 24 13:29:23 2017
Faster bash autocompletion with big annex repos
Posted Fri Apr 14 20:19:29 2017
semi-synchronized remotes
Posted Mon Mar 27 16:23:13 2017
using signed git commits
Posted Mon Feb 27 20:12:00 2017
making a remote repo update when changes are pushed to it
Posted Fri Feb 17 19:44:11 2017
mc menu integration
Posted Tue Jan 31 16:53:56 2017
antipatterns
Posted Tue Jan 17 19:22:48 2017
peer to peer network with tor
Posted Wed Dec 7 19:51:20 2016
a gui for metadata operations
Posted Mon Dec 5 19:34:54 2016
Systemd unit
Posted Tue Nov 8 10:10:10 2016
git-annex extensions for ranger, the file manager
Posted Sat Aug 6 22:17:56 2016
playlist fetch
Posted Thu Mar 31 14:52:42 2016
centralised repository: starting from nothing
Posted Sat Mar 12 16:58:09 2016
annex.largefiles: configuring mixed content repositories
Posted Tue Feb 2 20:51:22 2016
Accessing files in bare remotes without git-annex
Posted Tue Jan 12 00:32:29 2016
Decrypting files in special remotes without git-annex
Posted Fri Jan 8 07:38:00 2016
unlocked files
Posted Sun Dec 27 21:18:51 2015
get git-annex-shell into PATH
Posted Sun Aug 9 22:09:28 2015
git-annex on NFS
Posted Fri Jul 17 22:14:23 2015
Repositories with large number of files
Posted Wed Jun 17 08:28:13 2015
public Amazon S3 remote
Posted Fri Jun 5 20:39:24 2015
disabling a special remote
Posted Sun May 31 16:26:23 2015
transmission integration
Posted Mon Jan 5 20:12:56 2015
publishing your files to the public
Posted Fri Nov 28 18:00:45 2014
deleting unwanted files
Posted Mon Oct 13 22:15:12 2014
dumb metadata extraction from xbmc
Posted Sun Aug 10 23:32:46 2014
Bup repositories in git-annex
Posted Tue Aug 5 20:14:25 2014
ZSH completion
Posted Tue May 27 22:45:19 2014
file manager integration
Posted Sat Mar 22 19:52:10 2014
automatically adding metadata
Posted Sun Mar 2 22:01:07 2014
remote webapp setup
Posted Sat Mar 1 02:39:06 2014
metadata driven views
Posted Wed Feb 19 21:39:58 2014
Shamir secret sharing and git-annex
Posted Fri Jan 24 04:50:52 2014
Synology NAS and git annex
Posted Thu Jan 2 06:41:07 2014
Crude Windows Sync
Posted Thu Nov 21 12:37:48 2013
The perfect preferred content settings for my android phone
Posted Sat Nov 16 08:36:21 2013
recovering from a corrupt git repository
Posted Mon Nov 11 05:35:43 2013
offline archive drives
Posted Sun Sep 22 20:46:11 2013
shared git annex directory between multiple users
Posted Tue Sep 10 23:13:59 2013
migrating two seperate disconnected directories to git annex
Posted Tue Sep 10 18:11:46 2013
fully encrypted git repositories with gcrypt
Posted Sun Sep 8 19:48:41 2013
imapannex
Posted Thu Aug 15 21:19:50 2013
Git annex and Calibre
Posted Tue Aug 13 16:30:17 2013
beware of SSD wear when doing fsck on large special remotes
Posted Wed Jul 31 04:39:21 2013
downloading podcasts
Posted Sun Jul 28 20:58:26 2013
yet another simple disk usage like utility
Posted Fri Jul 12 19:28:09 2013
Delay Assistant Startup on Login
Posted Fri Jun 21 14:18:36 2013
owncloudannex
Posted Sat Jun 1 08:42:56 2013
skydriveannex
Posted Mon May 27 21:26:21 2013
dropboxannex
Posted Sun May 26 22:32:11 2013
flickrannex
Posted Wed May 22 20:42:13 2013
megaannex
Posted Tue May 21 17:28:09 2013
Using Git-annex as a web browsing assistant
Posted Thu Apr 11 07:27:14 2013
replacing Sparkleshare or dvcs-autosync with the assistant
Posted Fri Mar 29 21:06:36 2013
Building git-annex on Debian OR %¤#"¤%&"# Haskell!
Posted Wed Mar 13 00:58:31 2013
using Google Cloud Storage
Posted Fri Jan 25 23:10:35 2013
How to retroactively annex a file already in a git repo
Posted Mon Dec 17 16:43:34 2012
Decentralized repository behind a Firewall
Posted Fri Nov 30 14:38:42 2012
using Amazon Glacier
Posted Tue Nov 20 20:43:58 2012
setup a public repository on a web site
Posted Thu Sep 27 22:39:45 2012
emacs integration
Posted Fri Aug 31 02:07:31 2012
using box.com as a special remote
Posted Sun Mar 4 14:49:28 2012
using assume-unstages to speed up git with large trees of annexed files
Posted Fri Feb 3 20:57:07 2012
visualizing repositories with gource
Posted Sat Jan 7 22:13:12 2012
finding duplicate files
Posted Fri Dec 23 04:36:25 2011
using git annex with no fixed hostname and optimising ssh
Posted Thu Dec 8 22:42:29 2011
using the web as a special remote
Posted Tue Nov 8 16:16:02 2011
centralized git repository tutorial
Posted Mon Nov 7 17:08:47 2011
automatically getting files on checkout
Posted Wed Nov 2 19:09:19 2011
what to do when a repository is corrupted
Posted Sat Oct 29 19:41:51 2011
using gitolite with git-annex
Posted Mon Oct 17 18:16:05 2011
Internet Archive via S3
Posted Mon Oct 17 17:56:36 2011
migrating data to a new backend
Posted Mon Oct 17 17:56:36 2011
powerful file matching
Posted Mon Oct 17 17:56:36 2011
recover data from lost+found
Posted Mon Oct 17 17:56:36 2011
untrusted repositories
Posted Mon Oct 17 17:56:36 2011
using Amazon S3
Posted Mon Oct 17 17:56:36 2011
what to do when you lose a repository
Posted Mon Oct 17 17:56:36 2011