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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2014-12-17 15:41:40 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2014-12-17 15:41:40 -0400 |
| commit | c63db58ac8c799e4aa8f0a050564faa4cf28cf5b (patch) | |
| tree | b96890b39f09c393e8de8bcb180854d5cc8ff1e4 | |
| parent | f5349c64c47bd3d1b436eff8b418645e42a0c8eb (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_239-240__bittorrent_remote.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_239-240__bittorrent_remote.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a5fa164ae --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_239-240__bittorrent_remote.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Spent a couple days adding a [[bittorrent_special_remote|special_remotes/bittorrent]] +to git-annex. This is better than the demo external torrent remote I made +on Friday: It's built into git-annex; it supports magnet links; it even +parses aria2c's output so the webapp can display progress bars. + +Besides needing `aria2` to download torrents, it also currently depends on +the `btshowmetainfo` command from the original bittorrent client (or +bittornado). I looked into using +<http://hackage.haskell.org/package/torrent> instead, +but that package is out of date and doesn't currently build. I've got a +patch fixing that, but am waiting to hear back from the library's author. |