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@ -48,6 +48,25 @@ time, for one of the pushes to be overwritten by the other one. In this
situation, the overwritten push will appear to have succeeded, but pulling
later will show the true situation.
# HTTP ACCESS
If the content of a special remote is published via http, a httpalso
special remote can be initialized, and used to `git clone` and `git fetch`
over http.
For example, if the directory special remote set up above is published
at `https://example.com/foo/`, set up the httpalso remote like this
to access it:
git-annex initremote foohttp --with-url --sameas=foo type=httpalso url=https://example.com/foo/
Be sure to remember to include exporttree=yes if the remote is configured
that way.
Once a httpalso remote is set up like this, `git fetch` from it to display
its full annex:: url. That url can be shared with others to let them clone
the repository.
# REPOSITORY FORMAT
The git repository is stored in the special remote using special annex objects