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diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/directory/comment_12._comment b/doc/special_remotes/directory/comment_12._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..608fb62cd --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/special_remotes/directory/comment_12._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="4.153.2.25" + subject="comment 2" + date="2013-07-19T13:54:10Z" + content=""" +@Laura the directory special remote requires files to +be in a particular directory structure with special names +git-annex comes up with. So you can't use it on an existing +tree of files like that. + +What you can do is use the [[web_special_remote|web]], +with a `file://` url to point to the files wherever +they are stored. So for example, +`git annex addurl file:///media/dvd/file` +"""]] |