summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/special_remotes
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/special_remotes')
-rw-r--r--doc/special_remotes/bup.mdwn4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/bup.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/bup.mdwn
index 5bc1fb7a2..e59ff240d 100644
--- a/doc/special_remotes/bup.mdwn
+++ b/doc/special_remotes/bup.mdwn
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ This special remote type stores file contents in a
in the front-end, and bup as a remote, you get an easy git-style
interface to large files, and easy backups of the file contents using git.
+This is particularly well suited to collaboration on projects involving
+large files, since both the git-annex and bup repositories can be
+accessed like any other git repository.
+
See [[walkthrough/using_bup]] for usage examples.
Each individual key is stored in a bup remote using `bup split`, with