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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-03-26 14:22:21 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-03-26 14:22:21 -0400
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git-annex-shell: Make configlist automatically initialize a remote git repository, as long as a git-annex branch has been pushed to it, to simplify setup of remote git repositories, including via gitolite.
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@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ first "/~/" or "/~user/" is expanded to the specified home directory.
* configlist directory
This outputs a subset of the git configuration, in the same form as
- `git config --list`
+ `git config --list`. This is used to get the annex.uuid of the remote
+ repository.
+
+ When run in a repository that does not yet have an annex.uuid, one
+ will be created, as long as a git-annex branch has already been pushed to
+ the repository.
* inannex directory [key ...]