Software:git-annex

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Short description: Distributed file synchronization system

git-annex
Original author(s)Joey Hess
Initial release19 October 2010; 13 years ago (2010-10-19)
Stable release
10.20230802 / 2 August 2023; 11 months ago (2023-08-02)
Written inHaskell
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD, Android, OS X, Windows
Size44.2 MB
TypeFile synchronization
LicenseGPL3+, AGPL3+ [1]
Websitegit-annex.branchable.com

git-annex is a distributed file synchronization system written in Haskell. It aims to solve the problem of sharing and synchronizing collections of large files independent from a commercial service or even a central server.

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.

The next 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 probably 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]

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