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Let's say you want to distribute some big files to the whole world.
You can of course, just drop them onto a website. But perhaps you'd like to
use git-annex to manage those files. And as an added bonus, why not let
anyone in the world clone your site and use `git-annex get`!
My site like this is [http://downloads.kitenet.net](downloads.kitenet.net).
Here's how I set it up. --[[Joey]]
1. Set up a web site. I used Apache, and configured it to follow symlinks.
`Options FollowSymLinks`
2. Put some files on the website. Make sure it works.
4. `git init; git annex init`
3. We want users to be able to clone the git repository over http, because
git-annex can download files from it over http as well. For this to
work, `git update-server-info` needs to get run after commits. So
put it in the git `post-update` hook.
5. `git annex add; git commit -m added`
6. Instruct users to clone a http url that ends with the "/.git/"
directory. For example, for downloads.kitenet.net, the clone url
is `http://downloads.kitenet.net/.git/`
When users clone over http, and run git-annex, it will
automatically learn all about your repository and be able to download files
right out of it, also using http.
Enjoy!
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