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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/using_the_URL_backend.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/using_the_URL_backend.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fe79a6be2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/using_the_URL_backend.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +git-annex has multiple key-value [[backends]]. So far this walkthrough has +demonstrated the default, WORM (Write Once, Read Many) backend. + +Another handy backend is the URL backend, which can fetch file's content +from remote URLs. Here's how to set up some files in your repository +that use this backend: + + # git annex fromkey --backend=URL --key=http://www.archive.org/somefile somefile + fromkey somefile ok + # git commit -m "added a file from the Internet Archive" + +Now you if you ask git-annex to get that file, it will download it, +and cache it locally. + + # git annex get somefile + get somefile (downloading) + #########################################################################100.0% + ok + +You can always drop files downloaded by the URL backend. It is assumed +that the URL is stable; no local backup is kept. + + # git annex drop somefile + drop somefile (ok) |