This adds two new key types to git-annex, GITMANIFEST and a GITBUNDLE. GITMANIFEST--$UUID is the manifest for a git repository stored in the git-annex repository with that UUID. GITBUNDLE--$UUID-sha256 is a git bundle. # format of the manifest file An ordered list of bundle keys, one per line. (Lines end with unix `"\n"`, not `"\r\n"`.) # fetching 1. download GITMANIFEST for the uuid of the special remote 2. download each listed GITBUNDLE key that we don't have 3. `git fetch` from each new bundle in order (note that later bundles can update refs from the versions in previous bundles) # pushing (incrementally) This is how pushes are usually done. 1. create git bundle of all refs that are being pushed and have changed, and objects since the previously pushed refs 2. hash to calculate GITBUNDLE key 3. upload GITBUNDLE key 4. download current manifest 5. append GITBUNDLE key to manifest # pushing (full) Note that this can be used to replace incrementals with a single bundle for performance. It is also the only way to handle a push that deletes a previously pushed ref. 1. create git bundle containing all refs stored in the repository, and all objects 2. hash to calculate GITBUNDLE key name 3. upload GITBUNDLE key 4. download old manifest 4. upload new manifest listing only the single new GITBUNDLE 5. delete all other GITBUNDLEs that were listed in the old manifest # multiple GITMANIFEST files Usually there will only be one per special remote, but it's possible for multiple special remotes to point to the same object storage, and if so multiple GITMANIFEST objects can be stored. It follows that the UUID of the special remote has to be included in the annex:// uri, to know which GITMANIFEST to use when cloning from it.