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45 lines
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This special remote type stores file contents in directory.
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One use case for this would be if you have a removable drive that
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you want to use to sneakernet files between systems (possibly with
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[[encrypted|encryption]] contents). Just set up both systems to use
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the drive's mountpoint as a directory remote.
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Note that directory remotes have a special directory structure
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(by design, the same as the [[rsync|rsync]] remote).
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If you just want two copies of your repository with the files "visible"
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in the tree in both, the directory special remote is not what you want.
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Instead, you should use a regular `git clone` of your git-annex repository.
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## configuration
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These parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure the
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remote:
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* `directory` - The path to the directory where the files should be stored
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for the remote. The directory must already exist. Typically this will
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be an empty directory, or a directory already used as a directory remote.
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* `encryption` - One of "none", "hybrid", "shared", or "pubkey".
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See [[encryption]].
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* `keyid` - Specifies the gpg key to use for [[encryption]].
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* `chunk` - Enables [[chunking]] when storing large files.
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* `chunksize` - Deprecated version of chunk parameter above.
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Do not use for new remotes. It is not safe to change the chunksize
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setting of an existing remote.
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* `exporttree` - Set to "yes" to make this special remote usable
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by [[git-annex-export]]. It will not be usable as a general-purpose
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special remote.
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* `importtree` - Set to "yes" to make this special remote usable
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by [[git-annex-import]]. It will not be usable as a general-purpose
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special remote.
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Setup example:
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# git annex initremote usbdrive type=directory directory=/media/usbdrive/ encryption=none
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# git annex describe usbdrive "usb drive on /media/usbdrive/"
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