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### The Archivist
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Bob has many drives to archive his data, most of them kept offline, in a
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safe place.
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With git-annex, Bob has a single directory tree that includes all
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his files, even if their content is being stored offline. He can
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reorganize his files using that tree, committing new versions to git,
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without worry about accidentally deleting anything.
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When Bob needs access to some files, git-annex can tell him which drive(s)
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they're on, and easily make them available. Indeed, every drive knows what
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is on every other drive.
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[[more about location tracking|location_tracking]]
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Bob thinks long-term, and so he's glad that git-annex uses a simple
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repository format. He knows his files will be accessible in the future
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even if the world has forgotten about git-annex and git.
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[[more about future-proofing|future_proofing]]
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Run in a cron job, git-annex adds new files to archival drives at night. It
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also helps Bob keep track of intentional, and unintentional copies of
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files, and logs information he can use to decide when it's time to duplicate
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the content of old drives.
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[[more about backup copies|copies]]
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