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diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/rsync.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/rsync.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..593644291 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/special_remotes/rsync.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +This special remote type rsyncs file contents to somewhere else. + +Setup example: + + # git annex initremote myrsync type=rsync rsyncurl=rsync://rsync.example.com/myrsync encryption=joey@kitenet.net + +## configuration + +These parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure rsync: + +* `encryption` - Required. Either "none" to disable encryption of content + stored in rsync, + or a value that can be looked up (using gpg -k) to find a gpg encryption + key that will be given access to the remote. Note that additional gpg + keys can be given access to a remote by rerunning initremote with + the new key id. See [[encryption]]. + +* `rsyncurl` - Required. This is the url or `hostname:/directory` to + pass to rsync to tell it where to store content. + +The `annex-rsync-options` git configuration setting can be used to pass +parameters to rsync. Note that it is **not safe** to put "--delete" +in `annex-rsync-options` when using rsync special remotes. |