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If you're anything like me, you have a copy of your annex on a computer running at home¹, set up so you can access it from anywhere like this:
If you're anything like me¹, you have a copy of your annex on a computer running at home², set up so you can access it from anywhere like this:
ssh myhome.no-ip.org
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cd ~/annex
git annex remote add on-the-go ssh://localhost:2201/home/myuser/annex
Now you can run normal annex operations, as long as the port forwarding shell is running².
Now you can run normal annex operations, as long as the port forwarding shell is running³.
git annex sync
git annex get on-the-go some/big/file
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* A truly huge amount of eyes connected to incredibly smart brains have looked at openssh and found it secure. Everybody trusts openssh. With dropbox, there is, well, dropbox. Whoever that is.
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¹ My always-on computer at home is a raspberry pi with a 32GB USB stick. Best self-hosted dropbox you could imagine.
¹ Me=Carlo, not Joey. Just noting so this you can direct potential flames at the correct person.
² You can just forward the port, but not open a shell, by adding the -N command. This could be useful for connecting on startup, e.g. in /etc/rc.local. I prefer to open the shell to forward the ports, maybe use it, and close it to stop it.
² My always-on computer at home is a raspberry pi with a 32GB USB stick. Best self-hosted dropbox you could imagine.
³ You can just forward the port, but not open a shell, by adding the -N command. This could be useful for connecting on startup, e.g. in /etc/rc.local. I prefer to open the shell to forward the ports, maybe use it, and close it to stop it.