Software:Git-annex

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git-annex
Original author(s)Joey Hess
Initial release19 October 2010; 15 years ago (2010-10-19)
Stable release
10.20230802 / 2 August 2023; 2 years 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 share and synchronize collections of large files independent from a commercial service and 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.

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". 18 January 2014. https://git-annex.branchable.com/license/. Retrieved 1 May 2015. 
  2. ↑ "git-annex roadmap". https://git-annex.branchable.com/design/roadmap/. 
  3. ↑ "git-annex kickstarter campaign 2012". 14 July 2013. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyh/git-annex-assistant-like-dropbox-but-with-your-own. 
  4. ↑ "git-annex campaign". https://campaign.joeyh.name/. 
  5. ↑ "install options". https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/. 
  6. ↑ "Debian". http://packages.debian.org/git-annex. 
  7. ↑ "Ubuntu". http://packages.ubuntu.com/git-annex. 
  8. ↑ "Fedora". https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/git-annex/. 
  9. ↑ "FreeBSD". https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=git-annex&stype=all. 
  10. ↑ "ArchLinux". https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/ArchLinux/. Retrieved 2015-12-06. 
  11. ↑ "NixOS". https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/NixOS/. Retrieved 2019-09-11. 
  12. ↑ "Guix". https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/Guix/. Retrieved 2019-09-11. 
  13. ↑ "GentooLinux". https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/Gentoo/. Retrieved 2019-09-11. 
  14. ↑ "OpenPorts.se | The OpenBSD package collection". https://openports.se/devel/git-annex. 
  15. ↑ "Android". https://git-annex.branchable.com/Android/. 
  16. ↑ "git-annex". https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/git-annex. 
  17. ↑ "Windows". https://git-annex.branchable.com/install/Windows/. Retrieved 2022-12-05. 

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