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Joey Hess 5262e6a372 recommend users not change the chunksize
Suppose A is 10 mb, and B is 20 mb, and the upload speed is the same. If B
starts first, when A will overwrite the file it is uploading for the 1st chunk.
Then A uploads the second chunk, and once A is done, B finishes the 1st chunk
and uploads its second. We now have 1(from A), 2(from B), so data loss.
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This special remote type stores file contents in a WebDAV server.
## configuration
The environment variables `WEBDAV_USERNAME` and `WEBDAV_PASSWORD` are used
to supply login credentials. You need to set these only when running
`git annex initremote`, as they will be cached in a file only you
can read inside the local git repository.
A number of parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure
the webdav remote.
* `encryption` - One of "none", "hybrid", "shared", or "pubkey".
See [[encryption]].
* `keyid` - Specifies the gpg key to use for [[encryption]].
* `embedcreds` - Optional. Set to "yes" embed the login credentials inside
the git repository, which allows other clones to also access them. This is
the default when gpg encryption is enabled; the credentials are stored
encrypted and only those with the repository's keys can access them.
It is not the default when using shared encryption, or no encryption.
Think carefully about who can access your repository before using
embedcreds without gpg encryption.
* `url` - Required. The URL to the WebDAV directory where files will be
stored. This can be a subdirectory of a larger WebDAV repository, and will
be created as needed. Use of a https URL is strongly
encouraged, since HTTP basic authentication is used.
* `chunksize` - Avoid storing files larger than the specified size in
WebDAV. For use when the WebDAV server has file size
limitations. The default is to never chunk files.
The value can use specified using any commonly used units.
Example: `chunksize=75 megabytes`
Note that enabling chunking on an existing remote with non-chunked
files is not recommended, nor is changing the chunksize.
Setup example:
# WEBDAV_USERNAME=joey@kitenet.net WEBDAV_PASSWORD=xxxxxxx git annex initremote box.com type=webdav url=https://dav.box.com/dav/git-annex chunksize=75mb keyid=joey@kitenet.net