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+Hello,
+
+I'm starting to use git annex as a replacement for unison to sync/backup my family pictures.
+It looks very promising, thank you very much for all this work!
+
+My big plan (for now) is to use git annex
+
+* on my Linux home server
+* on my mac OS laptop
+* on a (big) USB drive, that I could plug either on the server (at home) or the laptop (during holidays)
+
+Since I want the USB drive to be usable from both Linux and mac OS, I picked FAT as a file system.
+
+I first tried to set up a bare repository on the USB drive, but did hit the [[bugs/VFAT_crazy_limit_on_max_filenames_in_directory]].
+So I used a "directory" special remote, and copied files from the server. It works fine.
+
+I then created the SSH remote on the laptop and synced some content. It works quite well too.
+
+I would now like to plug the USB drive on the laptop and tell it
+"hey, this is the same remote as the one you've seen from the server, just mounted somewhere else"
+(the path is `/Volumes/usbdrive/annex` on the laptop and `/media/usbdrive/annex` on the server).
+
+The [[special_remotes/directory]] doc suggests it is possible, but I don't know how.
+Shall I copy the relevant bit from the server `.git/config`, keeping the UUID and tweaking the mount point?
+
+Thank you!
diff --git a/doc/forum/sneakernet_with_a___34__directory__34___special_remote_on_fat/comment_1_a6f0ae755b9e24fd0de5868b57c6a497._comment b/doc/forum/sneakernet_with_a___34__directory__34___special_remote_on_fat/comment_1_a6f0ae755b9e24fd0de5868b57c6a497._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="https://launchpad.net/~barthelemy"
+ nickname="barthelemy"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/e99cb15f6029de3225721b3ebdd0233905eb69698e9b229a8c4cc510a4135438"
+ subject="I found it out!"
+ date="2017-05-05T12:41:59Z"
+ content="""
+On the laptop, I just have to run
+
+    git annex enableremote usbdrive directory=/Volumes/usbdrive/annex
+
+But I have not found a way to disable it (for use when the drive is unplugged) yet. It may not matter.
+"""]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="mario"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/4c63b0935789d29210d0bd8cad8d7ac7"
+ subject="Compressed file transfers"
+ date="2017-05-03T20:52:43Z"
+ content="""
+Hi,
+
+how does \"git-annex sync --content\" transfers its file to a (regular) ssh-remote? I think it uses rsync.. Is that correct?
+
+I want to use compression for the file transfers. Therefore, I tried in .git/config to set:
+
+    [remote \"origin\"]
+        annex-rsync-upload-options = \"--compress\"
+
+However, it seems that this crashes the upload. The sync just seems to hang.. Is it possible to use compression for the transfer? How?
+"""]]