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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
subject="don't give up ;)"
date="2021-08-03T15:06:35Z"
content="""
There's a learning curve, especially around the areas you mention. I think the rules for which files go into annex vs git have evolved in a somewhat ad-hoc way as @joeyh did his best to reconcile people's different use cases, so ended up being somewhat complex. It may be worth taking the time to read the [[main page|git-annex]] top-to-bottom once, especially the config options, and also the [[internals]] page. You can tag git branches when things are in a good state so you can later reset them if anything goes wrong; note though that you'd want to tag the git-annex branch and any `synced/*` branches as well.
I've tried using git-annex on Windows and gave up, using it inside an Ubuntu guest VM via VirtualBox, but I think others have successfully used it on Windows. Overall I've found git-annex to be very reliable and adaptable to almost any scenario, and these forums helpful. The issues I've had with git-annex have been mostly around slowness on large repos, but recent releases have made strides to address that.
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