git-annex

git-annex
Original author(s) Joey Hess
Initial release 19 October 2010 (2010-10-19)
Stable release
6.20160318 / 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)
Development status Active
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 solve the problem of sharing and synchronizing collections of large files independent from a commercial service or even a central server.

History

git-annex development began in 2010.[2] In 2012/13 the development was funded through a kickstarter campaign.[3] The main development of this year was the git-annex assistant. This component 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 is available[5] many ways and notably part of the following distributions

References

  1. ↑ "license". git-annex.branchable.com. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "git-annex roadmap".
  3. ↑ "git-annex kickstarter campaign 2012".
  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.
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