Synchronizing data with the Git-annex Assistant
Conclusions
The Git-annex Assistant web interface successfully complements the underlying software. Basic tasks are completed with a few mouse clicks. Local pairing provides an easy way to synchronize data for systems with mutual SSH access. Remote sharing with a detour via a messaging service is a little more complicated at the moment, but a daemon to simplify the process will soon provide a remedy.
To realize the full potential of Git-annex, however, you still need to resort to the command line. On the project's website, some screencasts describe in detail the use of the software.
The developer explicitly points out what Git-annex does not offer [7]: It does not provide an implicit backup. Although the program can be integrated into a data backup strategy, simpler tools exist for that task.
Infos
- Precompiled archive: http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/
- Inner workings of Git-annex: http://git-annex.branchable.com/internals/
- Local pairing: http://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/local_pairing_walkthrough/
- Standard groups: https://git-annex.branchable.com/preferred_content/standard_groups/
- Remote daemon: http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/git-remote-daemon/
- XMPP authentication failure: https://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/XMPP_authentication_failure/
- What Git-annex is not: http://git-annex.branchable.com/not/
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