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## git-annex as service on windows
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Use nssm to run git-annex as a service. Will need to include it in the
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git-annex bundle.
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Problem: nssm runs git-annex as a service as a LocalService user. (Or some
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similar user.) This leads to permission problems, when the normal user
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tries to write to its directory.
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Solution: Make `git-annex mkservice $repo` command (only avilable on
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Windows) that does:
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1. git -c core.sharedRepository=true init $repo
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2. cd $repo; git annex init
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4. chmod 777 -R $repo
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5. Add $repo to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.config\git-annex\autostart
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6. If git-annex service does not yet exist in nssm, set it up and start it.
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Note that the shared repository perms are not perfect, but this should
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allow any user to drop files into the annex, and whatever use the service
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runs as (probably LocalService) can write to the .git/ repository).
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Make git-annex read `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.config\git-annex\autostart`
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on Windows, rather than the one in $HOME. This way, `git annex assistant
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--autostart` and `git annex webapp` will use it, no matter which user.
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This bypasses the normal webapp configuration of the repo, but an annex
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folder on the desktop is a fine default in Windows, and the webapp can be
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used to add other repositories if desired. (Might need to tweak their
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permissions though.)
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