git-annex/ tips

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 29 14:05:27 2025
Announcing recastex - (re)podcast from your annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Building git-annex on Debian OR %¤#"¤%&"# Haskell!
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Bup repositories in git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Crude Windows Sync
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Decentralized repository behind a Firewall
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Decrypting files in special remotes without git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Delay Assistant Startup on Login
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Faster bash autocompletion with big annex repos
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Friends - Connecting Projects to Share Files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025 by Spencer
Git annex and Calibre
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
How to retroactively annex a file already in a git repo
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Internet Archive via S3
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Recovering from corrupted encrypted GITBUNDLE file
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Repositories with large number of files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Shamir secret sharing and git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Synology NAS and git annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Systemd unit
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
The perfect preferred content settings for my android phone
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Using Git-annex as a web browsing assistant
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Using git-annex on NTFS with WSL1
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Using git-worktree with annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
ZSH completion
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
a gui for metadata operations
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
android sync with adb
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
antipatterns
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using assume-unstages to speed up git with large trees of annexed files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
automatically adding metadata
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
automatically getting files on checkout
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
beware of SSD wear when doing fsck on large special remotes
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
centralised repository: starting from nothing
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
centralized git repository tutorial
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
client side upload to a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
cloning a repository privately
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
clusters
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
computing annexed files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
deleting unwanted files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
disabling a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
downloading podcasts
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
dropboxannex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
dumb metadata extraction from xbmc
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
emacs integration
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
enable tor on nixos
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
file manager integration
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
finding duplicate files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
finding which file matches a key
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
flickrannex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
fully encrypted git repositories with gcrypt
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
get git-annex-shell into PATH
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
git-annex extensions for ranger, the file manager
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
git-annex on NFS
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
hashdeep integration
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
hiding missing files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
imapannex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
install on Android in Termux
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
annex.largefiles: configuring mixed content repositories
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
local caching of annexed files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
making a remote repo update when changes are pushed to it
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
mc menu integration
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
megaannex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
metadata driven views
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
migrating data to a new backend
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
migrating two seperate disconnected directories to git annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
multiple remotes accessing the same data store
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
offline archive drives
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
owncloudannex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
peer to peer network with tor
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
playlist fetch
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
powerful file matching
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
public Amazon S3 remote
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
publishing your files to the public
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
recover data from lost+found
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
recovering from a corrupt git repository
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
redacting history by converting git files to annexed
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
remote webapp setup
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
replacing Sparkleshare or dvcs-autosync with the assistant
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
semi-synchronized remotes
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
setup a public repository on a web site
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
skydriveannex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
smart http server
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
Splitting a git-annex repository
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
storing a git repository on any special remote
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
storing data in git-lfs
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
transmission integration
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
unlocked files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
untrusted repositories
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using Amazon Glacier
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using Amazon S3
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using Backblaze B2
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using Google Cloud Storage
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using Google Drive
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using Hubic
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using borg for efficient storage of old annexed files
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using box.com as a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using git annex with no fixed hostname and optimising ssh
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using git-annex from your program
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using gitolite with git-annex
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using nested git repositories
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using signed git commits
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
using the web as a special remote
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
visualizing repositories with gource
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
what to do when a repository is corrupted
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
what to do when you lose a repository
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
yet another simple disk usage like utility
Posted Wed Oct 29 14:05:27 2025
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