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<div .span9 .hero-unit>
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<h2>
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Repository groups
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<p>
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Each repository you configure git-annex to use is a member of a #
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repository group. Each group of repositories has a different #
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purpose.
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<p>
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Let's start with the <b>client repositories</b>. These are the #
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repositories that contain files that you can directly use. Generally #
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you'll have one client repository per computer. The whole point of #
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the git-annex assistant is to keep these repositories in sync as you #
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change files, add files, delete files, etc.
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<p>
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The next most important repository group is the #
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<b>transfer repositories</b>. #
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These are used to transfer files between clients, when the clients #
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cannot directly talk to one-another. Transfer repositories only #
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hold the files that need to be synced to other repositories, so they #
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are relatively small.
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<p>
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You can get along without any <b>backup repositories</b>, but they're #
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a useful safeguard. These repositories accumulate every file they can #
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get ahold of. A large removable drive makes a good backup repository.
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<p>
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Next we come to the <b>archive repositories</b>.
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The archive repositories coordinate together, so that each file is #
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archived in only one place. When you move files into a folder named #
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"archive", they'll be moved to an archive repository, and removed from #
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all your client repositories. This is handy if you have old files #
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you don't need anymore, but want to keep archived for later. #
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When you copy or move a file out of an "archive" folder, it'll be #
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retrieved from the archive repository.
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<p>
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Finally, the <b>small archive repositories</b> are like other archive #
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repositories, but smaller. While archive repositories normally accumulate #
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every file they can, small archive repositories only accumulate files #
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once you put them in an "archive" directory.
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