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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/transferring_data.mdwn | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn | 6 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/transferring_data.mdwn b/doc/transferring_data.mdwn index 9526a3e48..f6ae9bfcd 100644 --- a/doc/transferring_data.mdwn +++ b/doc/transferring_data.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ git-annex can transfer data to or from any of a repository's git remotes. Depending on where the remote is, the data transfer is done using rsync (over ssh, with automatic resume), or plain cp (with copy-on-write -optimisations on supported filesystems). +optimisations on supported filesystems). Some [[special_remotes]] +are also supported that are not traditional git remotes. It's equally easy to transfer a single file to or from a repository, or to launch a retrievel of a massive pile of files from whatever diff --git a/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn b/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn index ccc0727bc..ee97efa43 100644 --- a/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn +++ b/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Alice is always on the move, often with her trusty netbook and a small handheld terabyte USB drive, or a smaller USB keydrive. She has a server -out there on the net. All these things can have different files on them, -but Alice no longer has to deal with the tedious process of keeping them -manually in sync. +out there on the net. She stores data in the Cloud. All these things can +have different files on them, but Alice no longer has to deal with the +tedious process of keeping them manually in sync. When she has 1 bar on her cell, Alice queues up interesting files on her server for later. At a coffee shop, she has git-annex download them to her |