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git-annex

Manage large files with Git without storing them in the repository

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git-annex is a tool for managing large files with git without storing their contents in git. It supports syncing, backing up, and archiving data both offline and online, using checksums and encryption. It tracks which drive holds which files, so a single directory tree can represent files whose content is stored across multiple offline or online locations.

Built for git users who prefer the command line, git-annex also offers an assistant that turns it into a folder synchroniser. Data sources such as local drives, servers, and cloud storage are managed as git remotes, with support for special remotes, encryption, key-value backends, and clusters. It is free software written in Haskell.

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