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author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-11-07 13:26:37 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-11-07 13:26:37 -0400 |
commit | 95b9d726f87dee07c9eab4042e6d7caba612c765 (patch) | |
tree | 36e8167345488576a96c97274fbc471ef7ef1aef /doc/tips | |
parent | 146995c4e18223542992e7c575a670b59b9e2efd (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial.mdwn b/doc/tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial.mdwn index 4cc7519d8..03c4c9afd 100644 --- a/doc/tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial.mdwn @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ On your laptop, [[install]] git-annex, and clone the repository: # git clone git@github.com:joeyh/techtalks.git # cd techtalks +Tell git-annex to use the repository, and describe where this clone is +located: + + # git annex init 'my laptop' + init my laptop ok + Let's tell git-annex that GitHub doesn't support running git-annex-shell there. This means you can't store annexed file *contents* on GitHub; it would really be better to host the bare repository on your own server, which @@ -22,12 +28,6 @@ would not have this limitation. (If you want to do that, check out # git config remote.origin.annex-ignore true -Tell git-annex to use the repository, and describe where this clone is -located: - - # git annex init 'my laptop' - init my laptop ok - ## add files to the repository Add some files, obtained however. @@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ you like, just make it be somewhere your laptop can access. A few options: * Put it on a desktop. * Put it on some server in the local network. * Put it on a remote VPS. -* All of the above! I'll use the VPS option, but these instructions should work for any of the above. @@ -101,8 +100,8 @@ If you run `ls`, you'll see broken symlinks. We want to populate this backup with the file contents, by copying them from your laptop. Back on your laptop, you need to configure a git remote for the backup. -Adjust the url as needed to point to wherever the backup is. (If it -was on a local USB drive, you'd use the path to the repository.) +Adjust the ssh url as needed to point to wherever the backup is. (If it +was on a local USB drive, you'd use the path to the repository instead.) # git remote add backup ssh://server/~/techtalks @@ -116,7 +115,9 @@ and can do things like copy files to it: You can also `git annex move` files to it, to free up space on your laptop. And then you can `git annex get` files back to your laptop later on, as -desired. After you using git-annex to move files around, remember to push, +desired. + +After you use git-annex to move files around, remember to push, which will broadcast its updated location information. # git push |