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git-annex keeps track of in which repositories it last saw a file's content.
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This location tracking information is stored in `.git-annex/$key.log`.
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Repositories record their UUID and the date when they get or drop
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a file's content. (Git is configured to use a union merge for this file,
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so the lines may be in arbitrary order, but it will never conflict.)
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This location tracking information is useful if you have multiple
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repositories, and not all are always accessible. For example, perhaps one
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is on a home file server, and you are away from home. Then git-annex can
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tell you what git remote it needs access to in order to get a file:
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# git annex get myfile
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get myfile(not available)
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I was unable to access these remotes: home
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Another way the location tracking comes in handy is if you put repositories
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on removable USB drives, that might be archived away offline in a safe
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place. In this sort of case, you probably don't have a git remotes
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configured for every USB drive. So git-annex may have to resort to talking
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about repository UUIDs. If you have previously used "git annex init"
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to attach descriptions to those repositories, it will include their
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descriptions to help you with finding them:
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# git annex get myfile
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get myfile (not available)
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Try making some of these repositories available:
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c0a28e06-d7ef-11df-885c-775af44f8882 -- USB archive drive 1
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e1938fee-d95b-11df-96cc-002170d25c55
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