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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-10-19 16:07:33 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2010-10-19 16:07:33 -0400
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+There is no way to `git annex add` a file using the URL [[backend|backends]].
+
+For now, we have to manually make the symlink. Something like this:
+
+ ln -s .git/annex/URL:http:%%www.example.com%foo.tar.gz
+
+Note the escaping of slashes.
+
+A `git annex register <url>` command could do this..
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## documentation
-* [[man page|git-annex]]
+* [[git-annex man page|git-annex]]
* [[key-value backends|backends]] for data storage
* [[location_tracking]] reminds you where git-annex has seen files
* git-annex prevents accidential data loss by [[tracking copies|copies]]