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

Accessing files in bare remotes without git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Announcing recastex - (re)podcast from your annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Building git-annex on Debian OR %¤#"¤%&"# Haskell!
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Bup repositories in git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Crude Windows Sync
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Decentralized repository behind a Firewall
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Decrypting files in special remotes without git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Delay Assistant Startup on Login
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Faster bash autocompletion with big annex repos
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Git annex and Calibre
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
How to retroactively annex a file already in a git repo
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Internet Archive via S3
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Repositories with large number of files
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Shamir secret sharing and git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Synology NAS and git annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Systemd unit
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
The perfect preferred content settings for my android phone
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Using Git-annex as a web browsing assistant
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Using git-worktree with annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
ZSH completion
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
a gui for metadata operations
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
android sync with adb
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
antipatterns
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using assume-unstages to speed up git with large trees of annexed files
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
automatically adding metadata
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
automatically getting files on checkout
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
beware of SSD wear when doing fsck on large special remotes
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
centralised repository: starting from nothing
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
centralized git repository tutorial
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
deleting unwanted files
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
disabling a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
downloading podcasts
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
dropboxannex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
dumb metadata extraction from xbmc
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emacs integration
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file manager integration
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
finding duplicate files
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
flickrannex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
fully encrypted git repositories with gcrypt
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
get git-annex-shell into PATH
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
git-annex extensions for ranger, the file manager
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
git-annex on NFS
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
googledriveannex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
hashdeep integration
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
hiding missing files
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
imapannex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
install on Android in Termux
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
annex.largefiles: configuring mixed content repositories
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
local caching of annexed files
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
making a remote repo update when changes are pushed to it
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
mc menu integration
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
megaannex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
metadata driven views
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
migrating data to a new backend
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
migrating two seperate disconnected directories to git annex
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offline archive drives
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
owncloudannex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
peer to peer network with tor
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
playlist fetch
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
powerful file matching
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
public Amazon S3 remote
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
publishing your files to the public
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
recover data from lost+found
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
recovering from a corrupt git repository
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
remote webapp setup
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
replacing Sparkleshare or dvcs-autosync with the assistant
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
semi-synchronized remotes
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
setup a public repository on a web site
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
skydriveannex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
Splitting a git-annex repository
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
storing data in git-lfs
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
transmission integration
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
unlocked files
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
untrusted repositories
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using Amazon Glacier
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using Amazon S3
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using Google Cloud Storage
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using box.com as a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using git annex with no fixed hostname and optimising ssh
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using gitolite with git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using signed git commits
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
using the web as a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
visualizing repositories with gource
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
what to do when a repository is corrupted
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
what to do when you lose a repository
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019
yet another simple disk usage like utility
Posted Wed Oct 9 16:33:09 2019