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+Is there an easy way to setup a web remote with a URL to an existing annex such as the following?
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+    git annex initremote my_annex type=web URL=http://my_server.net/path/to/annex
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+I've created an annex mirror using an rsync special remote on a web server. I can browse the files via HTTP, but how do I tell git annex to fetch the files from there?