git-annex/ testimonials

> Git annex. Brilliant. Powerful. git-annex.branchable.com

> — Gert van Dijk (@gertvdijk) April 1, 2012

> git-annex is like dropbox without the chrome. git-annex.branchable.com

> — Wil Chung (@iamwil) March 31, 2012

> blender 2.62 + ffmpeg + dnxhd + git-annex = who needs final cut?

> — cdotwright (@cdotwright) April 4, 2012

> I want #git-annex whereis for all the stuff (not) in my room.

> — topr (@derwelle) February 22, 2012

> Git-annex now auto-syncing photos from my android phone to a Tor hidden SSH service I control (via @guardianproject's Orbot) #prismbreak

> — Richard King (@graphiclunarkid) June 20, 2013

> What excites me about GIT ANNEX is how it fundamentally tracks the backup and availability of any data you own, and allows you to share data with a large or small audience, ensuring that the data survives.

-- Jason Scott http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3625

Seen on IRC:

    oh my god, git-annex is amazing
    this is the revolution in fucking with gigantic piles of files that I've been waiting for

And then my own story: I have a ton of drives. I have a lot of servers. I live in a cabin on dialup and often have 1 hour on broadband in a week to get everything I need. Without git-annex, managing all this would not be possible. It works perfectly for me, not a surprise since I wrote it, but still, it's a different level of "perfect" than anything I could put together before. --Joey

See also: day 288 success stories

distributed digital repository
I am in the process of building a distributed digital repository using Git and git-annex as a foundation. Our project is to collect and preserve archival-quality audio and video from multiple bandwidth-challenged remote sites. We're using git-annex to help us sneakernet the metadata and binaries around and to maintain multiple copies in geographically separate locations. Git very neatly addresses the problem of tracking changes, while git-annex makes it possible to track the flow of information through a network of distributed repositories.
Comment by gjost — Tue Jul 22 18:11:47 2025
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