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The [[walkthrough]] builds up a decentralized git repository setup, but
git-annex can also be used with a centralized bare repository, just like
-git can.
+git can. This tutorial shows how to set up a centralized repository hosted on
+GitHub.
## set up the repository, and make a checkout
-In this tutorial, I'll set up a centralized repository hosted on
-GitHub. I've created a repository for technical talk videos, which you can
-fork, or make your own repository on GitHub (or elsewhere) now.
+I've created a repository for technical talk videos, which you can
+[fork on Github](https://github.com/joeyh/techtalks).
+Or make your own repository on GitHub (or elsewhere) now.
On your laptop, [[install]] git-annex, and clone the repository:
@@ -115,7 +116,10 @@ and can do things like copy files to it:
You can also `git annex move` files to it, to free up space on your laptop.
And then you can `git annex get` files back to your laptop later on, as
-desired.
+desired. After you using git-annex to move files around, remember to push,
+which will broadcast its updated location information.
+
+ # git push
## take it farther