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@@ -108,10 +108,15 @@ Description: manage files with git, without checking their contents into git
  dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due
  to limitations in memory, time, or disk space.
  .
- Even without file content tracking, being able to manage files with git,
- move files around and delete files with versioned directory trees, and use
- branches and distributed clones, are all very handy reasons to use git. And
- annexed files can co-exist in the same git repository with regularly
- versioned files, which is convenient for maintaining documents, Makefiles,
- etc that are associated with annexed files but that benefit from full
- revision control.
+ It can store large files in many places, from local hard drives, to a
+ large number of cloud storage services, including S3, WebDAV,
+ and rsync, with a dozen cloud storage providers usable via plugins.
+ Files can be stored encrypted with gpg, so that the cloud storage
+ provider cannot see your data. git-annex keeps track of where each file
+ is stored, so it knows how many copies are available, and has many
+ facilities to ensure your data is preserved.
+ .
+ git-annex can also be used to keep a folder in sync between computers,
+ noticing when files are changed, and automatically committing them
+ to git and transferring them to other computers. The git-annex webapp
+ makes it easy to set up and use git-annex this way.