2012-11-11 21:36:57 +00:00
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Want to share all the files in your repository with a friend?
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Let's suppose you use Google Mail, and so does your friend, and you
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sometimes also chat in Google Talk. The git-annex assistant will
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use your Google account to share with your friend. (This actually
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works with any Jabber account you use, not just Google Talk.)
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Start by opening up your git annex dashboard.
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2013-04-02 20:54:26 +00:00
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[[!img local_pairing_walkthrough/addrepository.png alt="Add another repository button"]]
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2012-11-11 21:36:57 +00:00
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`*click*`
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[[!img pairing.png alt="Share with a friend"]]
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`*click*`
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[[!img xmpp.png alt="Configuring Jabber account"]]
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Fill that out, and git-annex will be able to show you a list of your
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friends.
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[[!img buddylist.png alt="Buddy list"]]
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This list will refresh as friends log on and off, so you can
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leave it open in a tab until a friend is available to start pairing.
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(If your friend is not using git-annex yet, now's a great time to spread
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the word!)
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Once you click on "Start Pairing", your friend will see this pop up
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on their git annex dashboard.
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[[!img xmppalert.png alt="Pair request"]]
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Once your friend clicks on that, your repositories will be paired.
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### But, wait, there's one more step...
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Despite the repositories being paired now, you and your friend can't yet
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quite share files. You'll start to see your friend's files show up in your
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git-annex folder, but you won't be able to open them yet.
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What you need to do now is set up a repository out there in the cloud,
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that both you and your friend can access. This will be used to transfer
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files between the two of you.
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At the end of the pairing process, a number of cloud providers are
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suggested, and the git-annex assistant makes it easy to configure one of
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them. Once you or your friend sets it up, it'll show up in the other
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one's list of repositories:
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[[!img repolist.png alt="Repository list"]]
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The final step is to share the login information for the cloud repository
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with your friend, so they can enable it too.
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With that complete, you'll be able to open your friend's files!
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