2011-04-08 21:12:29 +00:00
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git-annex has multiple key-value [[backends]]. So far you have been using
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the default, WORM (Write Once, Read Many) backend.
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2011-02-27 16:45:48 +00:00
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Another handy backend is the URL backend, which can fetch file's content
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from remote URLs. Here's how to set up some files in your repository
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that use this backend:
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2011-03-16 02:19:44 +00:00
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# git annex fromkey --key=URL--http://www.archive.org/somefile somefile
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2011-02-27 16:45:48 +00:00
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fromkey somefile ok
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# git commit -m "added a file from the Internet Archive"
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Now you if you ask git-annex to get that file, it will download it,
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and cache it locally.
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# git annex get somefile
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get somefile (downloading)
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#########################################################################100.0%
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ok
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You can always drop files downloaded by the URL backend. It is assumed
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that the URL is stable; no local backup is kept.
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# git annex drop somefile
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drop somefile (ok)
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