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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-05-30 20:50:53 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-05-30 20:50:53 -0400
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+For git-annex to be able to clone its repo to another host, it'd be good to
+have some way of pairing devices.
+
+It could work like this:
+
+1. Prompt for the hostname (or do avahi local machine discovery).
+2. Enable the two hosts to ssh to one-another and run git-annex shell.
+ (A tricky problem, if ssh keys need to be added to do that.)
+3. Push over a clone of the repository. (Using git-annex-shell?)
+4. Start [[syncing]].
+
+Also look into the method used by
+<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-a-device-to-firefox-sync>