# NAME

git-annex export - export content to a remote

# SYNOPSIS

git annex export `treeish --to remote`

# DESCRIPTION

Use this command to export a tree of files from a git-annex repository.

Normally files are stored on a git-annex special remote named by their
keys. That is great for reliable data storage, but your filenames are
obscured. Exporting replicates the tree to the special remote as-is.

Mixing key/value storage and exports in the same remote would be a mess and
so is not allowed. You have to configure a special remote with
`exporttree=yes` when initially setting it up with
[[git-annex-initremote]](1).

Repeated exports are done efficiently, by diffing the old and new tree,
and transferring only the changed files.

Exports can be interrupted and resumed. However, partially uploaded files
will be re-started from the beginning.

Once content has been exported to a remote, commands like `git annex get`
can download content from there the same as from other remotes. However,
since an export is not a key/value store, git-annex has to do more
verification of content downloaded from an export. Some types of keys,
that are not based on checksums, cannot be downloaded from an export.
And, git-annex will never trust an export to retain the content of a key.

# EXPORT CONFLICTS

If two different git-annex repositories are both exporting different trees
to the same special remote, it's possible for an export conflict to occur.
This leaves the special remote with some files from one tree, and some
files from the other. Files in the special remote may have entirely the
wrong content as well.

It's not possible for git-annex to detect when making an export will result
in an export conflict. The best way to avoid export conflicts is to either
only ever export to a special remote from a single repository, or to have a
rule about the tree that you export to the special remote. For example, if
you always export origin/master after pushing to origin, then an export
conflict can't happen.

An export conflict can only be detected after the two git repositories
that produced it get back in sync. Then the next time you run `git annex
export`, it will detect the export conflict, and resolve it.

# SEE ALSO

[[git-annex]](1)

[[git-annex-initremote]](1)

# AUTHOR

Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

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