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+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ nickname="joey"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2013-03-19T18:05:58Z"
+ content="""
+The \"Remote server using ssh\" option in the webapp is intended to set up a bare git repository on a server, not a non-bare git repository on a client.
+
+For what you want, both your computers need to be running the git-annex assistant.
+
+* If the computers are on the same network, pick the \"Local computer\" option on one to start a pairing process with the other.
+* If the computers are not on the same network, but can (apparently) access one-another by ssh, then you're a lucky guy. :) But the webapp doesn't cater to this unusual configuration (unless the local pairing option above works). All you need to do though, it manually add a git remote on each that points to the already existing, git-annex assistant managed repository on the other. Eg: `git remote add B ssh://machineB:/~/annex`
+* If the computers are not on the same network, and cannot access each other directly using ssh, you will need
+to use the XMPP option, and a transfer remote that both can access.
+"""]]