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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2020-06-30T14:24:34Z"
+ content="""
+The web special remote is not the thing you want to use for this.
+That represents arbitrary files on any website, not a single git-annex
+repository on one website.
+
+Just add a git remote using the http protocol, pointing to a git
+repository.
+
+	git remote add http://my_server.net/path/to/repo/.git
+
+See [[tips/setup_a_public_repository_on_a_web_site]] for several
+configurations you will probably want to set on that repository to make it
+work well over http.
+"""]]