2015-03-05 21:07:28 +00:00
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Did a deep dive into [ipfs](http://ipfs.io/) last night. It has great
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promise.
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As a first step toward using it with git-annex, I built an experimental
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[[ipfs_special_remote|special_remotes/ipfs]]. It has some nice abilities;
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any ipfs address can be downloaded to a file in the repository:
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2015-03-05 21:09:24 +00:00
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git annex addurl ipfs:QmYgXEfjsLbPvVKrrD4Hf6QvXYRPRjH5XFGajDqtxBnD4W --file somefile
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And, any file in the git-annex repository can be published to the world
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via ipfs, by simply using `git annex copy --to ipfs`. The ipfs address
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2015-03-05 21:09:24 +00:00
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for the file is then visible in `git annex whereis`.
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2015-03-05 21:07:28 +00:00
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Had to extend the external special remote protocol slightly for that, so
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that ipfs addresses can be recorded as uris in git-annex, and will show up
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in `git annex whereis`.
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