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Similar to the [[web]] special remote, git-annex can use BitTorrent as
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a source for files that are added to the git-annex repository.
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It supports both `.torrent` files, and `magnet:` links. When you run `git
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annex addurl` with either of these, it will download the contents of the
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torrent and add it to the git annex repository.
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See [[tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote]] for usage examples.
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git-annex uses [aria2](http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) to download torrents.
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If git-annex is not built using the haskell torrent library to parse
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torrents, it also needs the needs the `btshowmetainfo` program, from
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either bittornado or the original BitTorrent client.
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## notes
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Currently git-annex only supports downloading content from a torrent;
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it cannot upload or remove content.
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Multi-file torrents are supported; to handle them, `git annex addurl`
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will add a directory containing all the files from the torrent.
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It's hard to say if a torrent is healthy enough to let a file be downloaded
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from it, and harder to predict if a torrent will stay healthy. So,
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git-annex takes a cautious approach and when dropping a file, won't
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treat this special remote as one of the required [[copies]]. It's probably
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a good idea to configure git-annex to fully distrust this remote, by
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running `git annex untrust bittorrent`
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This feature is available only from version `5.20141219`.
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