git-annex (5.20131127) unstable; urgency=low

  * webapp: Detect when upgrades are available, and upgrade if the user
    desires.
    (Only when git-annex is installed using the prebuilt binaries
    from git-annex upstream, not from eg Debian.)
  * assistant: Detect when the git-annex binary is modified or replaced,
    and either prompt the user to restart the program, or automatically
    restart it.
  * annex.autoupgrade configures both the above upgrade behaviors.
  * Added support for quvi 0.9. Slightly suboptimal due to limitations in its
    interface compared with the old version.
  * Bug fix: annex.version did not get set on automatic upgrade to v5 direct
    mode repo, so the upgrade was performed repeatedly, slowing commands down.
  * webapp: Fix bug that broke switching between local repositories
    that use the new guarded direct mode.
  * Android: Fix stripping of the git-annex binary.
  * Android: Make terminal app show git-annex version number.
  * Android: Re-enable XMPP support.
  * reinject: Allow to be used in direct mode.
  * Futher improvements to git repo repair. Has now been tested in tens
    of thousands of intentionally damaged repos, and successfully
    repaired them all.
  * Allow use of --unused in bare repository.

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+git-annex can transfer data to or from any of a repository's git remotes.
+Depending on where the remote is, the data transfer is done using rsync
+(over ssh or locally), or plain cp (with copy-on-write
+optimisations on supported filesystems), or using curl (for repositories
+on the web). Some [[special_remotes]] are also supported that are not
+traditional git remotes.
+
+If a data transfer is interrupted, git-annex retains the partial transfer
+to allow it to be automatically resumed later.
+
+It's equally easy to transfer a single file to or from a repository,
+or to launch a retrievel of a massive pile of files from whatever
+repositories they are scattered amongst.
+
+git-annex automatically uses whatever remotes are currently accessible,
+preferring ones that are less expensive to talk to.
+
+[[!img repomap.png caption="A real-world repository interconnection map
+(generated by git-annex map)"]]