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A 10 minute screencast showing how to get started using the git-annex assistant, including sharing files on a local network, and installation on a server.

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Running git-annex will also register it on OSX. The registration just consists of making a ~/.ssh/git-annex-shell that runs the real git-annex-shell. The assistant detects when it needs to use that wrapper when setting up a repository.
Comment by http://joeyh.name/ — Tue Jul 22 18:11:47 2025
Where is it registered?
I'm curious: how do you register it? Does it only work on Linux? (I've had to add paths to my setup under OS X, so it would be great if there was such a simpler way.)
Comment by http://alan.petitepomme.net/ — Tue Jul 22 18:11:47 2025
magic

In the screencast, I run git-annex after unpacking it, and this lets it register where it's installed at.

So it is important to run git-annex after you unpack it.

Comment by http://joeyh.name/ — Tue Jul 22 18:11:47 2025
How is the binary found on the server?
Great screencast! There is one thing that intrigues me: since you simply uncompress the binary in some folder, how does gitannex figures out where the binary lives there?
Comment by http://alan.petitepomme.net/ — Tue Jul 22 18:11:47 2025
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