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+NOTE: this page is out of date. git-annex has a standard makefile now which automates these steps and performs additional steps not included here, notably creating a git-annex-shell symlink to git-annex (needed for servers), and creating the man pages.
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So you want to build git-annex from source. This is encouraged for
users with experience building code from source. But the build may
require some care and feeding. This page will start with the easy