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author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-09-23 15:15:01 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-09-23 15:15:01 -0400 |
commit | 5adad135907120efec17543b059b17f6bc7b1cdb (patch) | |
tree | 24d2c3c4bf9b4a07be48ec2a0fecfa17e6ede0b4 /doc/design/assistant/cloud.mdwn | |
parent | 39e946c4a5775f58c062a6761c5fc6169d145629 (diff) |
added new transfer control page to webapp
I have a preliminary design that looks pretty good
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/cloud.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/cloud.mdwn index 89bdc7bf8..0e1d0c851 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/cloud.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/cloud.mdwn @@ -17,21 +17,16 @@ More should be added, such as: * [nimbus.io](https://nimbus.io/) Fairly low prices ($0.06/GB); REST API; free software -## limited space +## The cloud notification problem -When syncing via the cloud, space there is probably limited, so -users with more files than cloud space will want to be able to use the -cloud as a temporary transfer point, which files are removed from after -they've propigated out. +Alice and Bob have repos, and there is a cloud remote they both share. +Alice adds a file; the assistant transfers it to the cloud remote. +How does Bob find out about it? -Other users will want to use the cloud as the canonical or backup location -of their data, and would want a copy of all their files to be kept there. -That's also ok. - -git-annex will need a way to tell the difference between these, either -heuristically, or via configuration. - -Also needed for USB keys and Android gadgets. +There are two parts to this problem. Bob needs to find out that there's +been a change to Alice's git repo. Then he needs to pull from Alice's git repo, +or some other repo in the cloud she pushed to. Once both steps are done, +the assistant will transfer the file from the cloud to Bob. ## storing git repos in the cloud |