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| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/support_bare_git_repo__44___with_the_annex_directory_exposed_to_http.mdwn | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/special_remotes.mdwn | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/special_remotes/web.mdwn | 4 |
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index fcc0b58b8..89cc794e7 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ git-annex (3.20110720) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Fix shell escaping in rsync special remote. * addurl: --fast can be used to avoid immediately downloading the url. + * Added support for getting content from git remotes using http (and https). -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:27:30 +0200 diff --git a/doc/bugs/support_bare_git_repo__44___with_the_annex_directory_exposed_to_http.mdwn b/doc/bugs/support_bare_git_repo__44___with_the_annex_directory_exposed_to_http.mdwn index a2e344c11..ba7dcad30 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/support_bare_git_repo__44___with_the_annex_directory_exposed_to_http.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/support_bare_git_repo__44___with_the_annex_directory_exposed_to_http.mdwn @@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ I would like to be able to use the following commands to get a clone of the repo * git annex get This would allow contributors to quickly get a copy of our upstream repo and start contributing with minimal bandwidth/effort. + +> This is now supported.. I look forward to seeing your project using it! +> --[[Joey]] [[!tag done]] diff --git a/doc/special_remotes.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes.mdwn index afc6a2cf2..55cd1f1a0 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ Most [[backends]] can transfer data to and from configured git remotes. -Normally those remotes are normal git repositories (bare and non-bare), -that store the file contents in their own git annex directory. +Normally those remotes are normal git repositories (bare and non-bare; +local and remote), that store the file contents in their own git annex +directory. But, git-annex also extends git's concept of remotes, with these special types of remotes. These can be used just like any normal remote by git-annex. diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/web.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/web.mdwn index 6991ce4e4..a969fb071 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes/web.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes/web.mdwn @@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ See [[walkthrough/using_the_web]] for usage examples. Currently git-annex only supports downloading content from the web; it cannot upload to it or remove content. + +This special remote uses arbitrary urls on the web as the source for content. +git-annex can also download content from a normal git remote, accessible by +http. |