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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-03-27 22:52:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-03-27 22:52:13 -0400 |
| commit | c0fd38bfa9ade9dc4515140cf5cf5619582c5a89 (patch) | |
| tree | dfb118de1277ce5a1f5beeb07d413486c76a7f5d /doc/walkthrough | |
| parent | 65b72604d73b1d92dea1d81984964394235834bb (diff) | |
document S3 remotes
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/walkthrough')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/walkthrough/moving_file_content_between_repositories.mdwn | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/walkthrough/using_Amazon_S3.mdwn | 15 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/moving_file_content_between_repositories.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/moving_file_content_between_repositories.mdwn index 6b3e3f4e8..27dffe913 100644 --- a/doc/walkthrough/moving_file_content_between_repositories.mdwn +++ b/doc/walkthrough/moving_file_content_between_repositories.mdwn @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ server to your laptop. Doing that by hand (by using `git annex get` and makes it very easy. # git annex move my_cool_big_file --to usbdrive - move my_cool_big_file (moving to usbdrive...) ok + move my_cool_big_file (to usbdrive...) ok # git annex move video/hackity_hack_and_kaxxt.mov --from fileserver - move video/hackity_hack_and_kaxxt.mov (moving from fileserver...) + move video/hackity_hack_and_kaxxt.mov (from fileserver...) WORM-s86050597-m1274316523--hackity_hack_and_kax 100% 82MB 199.1KB/s 07:02 ok diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/using_Amazon_S3.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/using_Amazon_S3.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d7222731b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/using_Amazon_S3.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +git-annex extends git's usual remotes with some [[special_remotes]], that +are not git repositories. This way you can set up a remote using say, +Amazon S3, and use git-annex to transfer files into the cloud. + + # git config remote.mys3.annex-s3-bucket myannex + # export ANNEX_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID="08TJMT99S3511WOZEP91" + # export ANNEX_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="s3kr1t" + # git annex copy my_cool_big_file --to mys3 + copy my_cool_big_file (to mys3...) ok + # git annex move video/hackity_hack_and_kaxxt.mov --to mys3 + move video/hackity_hack_and_kaxxt.mov (to mys3...) ok + +An Amazon S3 remote works just like a ssh remote, except it does not have +a git repository at the other end, and it costs you money. :) For full +details about setting them up, see [[special_remotes]]. |