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Has anyone done something where devices may not have a direct connection to other git-annex devices, but where they can push out a request for a file? Basically, something that allows them to post file requests that other devices then pickup and relay to a shared endpoint that can be populated with the requested file? I'm currently thinking of a situation where a cloud node might be 'expensive' and purges itself once some other devices contain the file; but at a later point in time a mobile device (without the file) may only be able to connect to the cloud node and request the file.
Has anyone done something where devices may not have a direct connection to other git-annex devices, but where they can push out a request for a file? Basically, something that allows them to post file requests that other devices then pickup and relay to a shared endpoint that can be populated with the requested file? I'm currently thinking of a situation where a cloud node might be 'expensive' and purges itself once some other devices contain the file; but at a later point in time a mobile device (without the file or a direct connection to devices containing the file) may connect to the cloud node and request the file.
## Possible behavior
The requestor could populate a 'git-annex-requests' file at the root of the repositor with contents similar to the following: