rewrote and expanded package description

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Joey Hess 2014-10-03 14:12:01 -04:00
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debian/control vendored
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@ -108,10 +108,15 @@ Description: manage files with git, without checking their contents into git
dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due
to limitations in memory, time, or disk space. to limitations in memory, time, or disk space.
. .
Even without file content tracking, being able to manage files with git, It can store large files in many places, from local hard drives, to a
move files around and delete files with versioned directory trees, and use large number of cloud storage services, including S3, WebDAV,
branches and distributed clones, are all very handy reasons to use git. And and rsync, with a dozen cloud storage providers usable via plugins.
annexed files can co-exist in the same git repository with regularly Files can be stored encrypted with gpg, so that the cloud storage
versioned files, which is convenient for maintaining documents, Makefiles, provider cannot see your data. git-annex keeps track of where each file
etc that are associated with annexed files but that benefit from full is stored, so it knows how many copies are available, and has many
revision control. facilities to ensure your data is preserved.
.
git-annex can also be used to keep a folder in sync between computers,
noticing when files are changed, and automatically committing them
to git and transferring them to other computers. The git-annex webapp
makes it easy to set up and use git-annex this way.

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@ -18,13 +18,18 @@ Description:
dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due
to limitations in memory, time, or disk space. to limitations in memory, time, or disk space.
. .
Even without file content tracking, being able to manage files with git, It can store large files in many places, from local hard drives, to a
move files around and delete files with versioned directory trees, and use large number of cloud storage services, including S3, WebDAV,
branches and distributed clones, are all very handy reasons to use git. And and rsync, with a dozen cloud storage providers usable via plugins.
annexed files can co-exist in the same git repository with regularly Files can be stored encrypted with gpg, so that the cloud storage
versioned files, which is convenient for maintaining documents, Makefiles, provider cannot see your data. git-annex keeps track of where each file
etc that are associated with annexed files but that benefit from full is stored, so it knows how many copies are available, and has many
revision control. facilities to ensure your data is preserved.
.
git-annex can also be used to keep a folder in sync between computers,
noticing when files are changed, and automatically committing them
to git and transferring them to other computers. The git-annex webapp
makes it easy to set up and use git-annex this way.
Flag S3 Flag S3
Description: Enable S3 support Description: Enable S3 support