Git-annex

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git-annex
Original author(s) Joey Hess
Initial release19 October 2010;14 years ago (2010-10-19)
Stable release
10.20230802 / 2 August 2023;21 months ago (2023-08-02)
Repository
Written in Haskell
Operating system Linux, FreeBSD, Android, OS X, Windows
Size 44.2 MB
Type File synchronization
License GPL3+, AGPL3+ [1]
Website git-annex.branchable.com

git-annex is a distributed file synchronization system written in Haskell. It aims to share and synchrone collections of large files independent from a commercial service and a central server.

Contents

History

The development of git-annex began in 2010. [2] In 2012-13 the development was funded through a Kickstarter campaign. [3] The main development of this campaign was the git-annex assistant, a component that runs in the background to automate the synchronization of repositories.

A following crowd funding campaign for 2013-14 was organized over a self-hosted platform. [4]

Design

git-annex uses Git to index files but does not store them in the Git history. Instead, a symbolic link representing and linking to the possibly large file is committed. git-annex manages a content-addressable storage for the files under its control. A separate Git branch logs the location of every file. Thus users can clone a git-annex repository and then decide for every file whether to make it locally available.

Availability

git-annex packages are available for a variety of operating systems, including: [5]

References

  1. ↑ "license". git-annex.branchable.com. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "git-annex roadmap".
  3. ↑ "git-annex kickstarter campaign 2012". 14 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "git-annex campaign".
  5. ↑ "install options".
  6. ↑ "Debian".
  7. ↑ "Ubuntu".
  8. ↑ "Fedora".
  9. ↑ "FreeBSD".
  10. ↑ "ArchLinux". git-annex.branchable.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  11. ↑ "NixOS". git-annex.branchable.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  12. ↑ "Guix". git-annex.branchable.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  13. ↑ "GentooLinux". git-annex.branchable.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  14. ↑ "OpenPorts.se | The OpenBSD package collection". openports.se. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  15. ↑ "Android". git-annex.branchable.com. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  16. ↑ "git-annex". Homebrew Formulae. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  17. ↑ "Windows". git-annex.branchable.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
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