git-annex/doc/todo/git-remote-annex_web_special_remote_support.mdwn
Joey Hess e19916f54b
add config-uuid to annex:: url for --sameas remotes
And use it to set annex-config-uuid in git config. This makes
using the origin special remote work after cloning.

Without the added Logs.Remote.configSet, instantiating the remote will
look at the annex-config-uuid's config in the remote log, which will be
empty, and so it will fail to find a special remote.

The added deletion of files in the alternatejournaldir is just to make
100% sure they don't get committed to the git-annex branch. Now that
they contain things that definitely should not be committed.
2024-05-29 12:50:00 -04:00

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datalad-annex supports cloning from the web special remote,
using an url that contains the result of pushing to eg, a directory
special remote.
`datalad-annex::https://example.com?type=web&url={noquery}`
Supporting something like this in git-remote-annex would be good.
The httpalso special remote already exists to handle this kind of thing.
In fact, it just works with git-remote-annex!
Eg, this url on my laptop is a directory special remote
accessed via the web server:
annex::13c2500f-a302-4331-9720-6ec43cb8da2b?encryption=none&exporttree=yes&type=httpalso&url=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%2F~joey%2Ftmp%2Fd
But, while fetching from a httpalso special remote works, and cloning
works, after cloning, fetching again fails:
joey@darkstar:~/tmp/newp2>git fetch origin
git-annex: no url configured for httpalso special remote
> fixed that, [[done]] --[[Joey]]