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There are two different possible ways git-annex could use bittorrent:
1. by downloading any file from multiple git-annex daemons, using the bittorrent protocol
2. by downloading specific files using an external bittorrent client
Let's describe those one by one.
The assistant as a bittorrent client
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[[!toc]]
Downloading files from multiple git-annex sources simultaneously
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Having your remotes (optionally!) act like a swarm would be an awesome feature to have because you bring in a lot of new features that optimize storage, bandwidth, and overall traffic usage. This would be made a lot easier if parts of it were implemented in small steps that added a nifty feature. The best part is, each of these could be implemented by themselves, and they're all features that would be really useful.
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This was originally posted [[as a forum post|forum/Wishlist:_Bittorrent-like_transfers]] by [[users/GLITTAH]].
Using an external bittorrent client
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Using an external client (addurl torrent support)
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The alternative to this would be to add `addurl` support for bittorrent files. The same way we can now add Youtube videos to a git-annex repository thanks to [[quvi]], we could also simply do: