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 [[!inline raw=yes pages="summary"]]
 
-To get a feel for it, see the [[walkthrough]] or read about [[how_it_works]].
+To get a feel for git-annex, see the [[walkthrough]] or read about [[how_it_works]].
 
 [[!sidebar content="""
 [[!img logo_small.png link=no]]
 
 * **[[download]]**
 * [[install]]
+* [[assistant]]
 * [[tips]]
 * [[bugs]]
 * [[todo]]
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 Even without file content tracking, being able to manage files with git,
 move files around and delete files with versioned directory trees, and use
-branches and distributed clones, are all very handy reasons to use git. And
-annexed files can co-exist in the same git repository with regularly
-versioned files, which is convenient for maintaining documents, Makefiles,
-etc that are associated with annexed files but that benefit from full
-revision control.
+branches and distributed clones, are all very handy reasons to use git.
+
+[[!img align=left assistant/thumbnail.png link=assistant]]
+git-annex is designed for git users who love the command line.
+For everyone else, the [[git-annex assistant|assistant]] turns
+git-annex into an easy to use folder synchroniser.