git-annex/ walkthrough/ using tags and branches

Like git, git-annex hangs on to every old version of a file (by default), so you can make tags and branches, and can check them out later to look at the old files.

    $ git tag 1.0
    $ rm -f my_cool_big_file
    $ git commit -m deleted
    $ git checkout 1.0
    $ cat my_cool_big_file
    yay! old version still here

Of course, when you `git checkout` an old branch, some old versions of files may not be locally available, and may be stored in some other repository. You can use `git annex get` to get them as usual.

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