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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-04-27 20:06:07 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-04-27 20:23:09 -0400
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tree2102052ed8289efa0e44b4f9269c423753d70983 /doc/special_remotes
parent4381ac062fa7cec01476e84a7bd8e154efb8aacd (diff)
rsync special remote
Fully tested and working, including resuming and encryption. (Though not resuming when sending *with* encryption; gpg doesn't produce identical output each time.) Uses same layout as the directory special remote and the .git/annex/objects/ directory.
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diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn
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@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ the drive's mountpoint as a directory remote.
Setup example:
- # git annex initremote usbdrive directory=/media/usbdrive/ encryption=none
+ # git annex initremote usbdrive type=directory directory=/media/usbdrive/ encryption=none
diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/rsync.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/rsync.mdwn
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+This special remote type rsyncs file contents to somewhere else.
+
+Setup example:
+
+ # git annex initremote myrsync type=rsync rsyncurl=rsync://rsync.example.com/myrsync encryption=joey@kitenet.net
+
+## configuration
+
+These parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure rsync:
+
+* `encryption` - Required. Either "none" to disable encryption of content
+ stored in rsync,
+ or a value that can be looked up (using gpg -k) to find a gpg encryption
+ key that will be given access to the remote. Note that additional gpg
+ keys can be given access to a remote by rerunning initremote with
+ the new key id. See [[encryption]].
+
+* `rsyncurl` - Required. This is the url or `hostname:/directory` to
+ pass to rsync to tell it where to store content.
+
+The `annex-rsync-options` git configuration setting can be used to pass
+parameters to rsync. Note that it is **not safe** to put "--delete"
+in `annex-rsync-options` when using rsync special remotes.