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NAME

6       git-annex-initremote - creates a special (non-git) remote
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SYNOPSIS

9       git annex initremote name type=value [param=value ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Creates a new special remote, and adds it to .git/config.
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14       Example Amazon S3 remote:
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16        git  annex  initremote  mys3  type=S3 encryption=hybrid keyid=me@exam‐
17       ple.com datacenter=EU
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19       Many different types of special remotes  are  supported  by  git-annex.
20       For  a  list  and  details,  see <https://git-annex.branchable.com/spe‐
21       cial_remotes/>
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23       The remote's configuration is specified by  the  parameters  passed  to
24       this command. Different types of special remotes need different config‐
25       uration values, so consult the documentation of a  special  remote  for
26       details.  The command will prompt for any required parameters you leave
27       out; you can also pass --whatelse to see additional parameters.
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29       A few parameters that are supported by all special  remotes  are  docu‐
30       mented in the next section below.
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32       Once  a  special  remote  has  been initialized once with this command,
33       other clones of the repository can also be set up to  access  it  using
34       git annex enableremote.
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36       The  name  you provide for the remote can't be one that's been used for
37       any other special remote before, because  git-annex  enableremote  uses
38       the  name  to identify which special remote to enable. If some old spe‐
39       cial remote that's no longer used has taken the name you want to reuse,
40       you might want to use git annex renameremote.
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OPTIONS

43       --whatelse / -w
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45              Describe  additional  configuration  parameters  that  you could
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48              For example, if you know you want a S3 remote, but forget how to
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51               git annex initremote mys3 type=S3 --whatelse
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53       --fast When initializing a remote that uses encryption, a cryptographic
54              key is created. This requires sufficient entropy. If  initremote
55              seems  to hang or take a long time while generating the key, you
56              may want to Ctrl-c it and re-run with --fast, which causes it to
57              use  a  lower-quality  source  of  randomness. (Ie, /dev/urandom
58              instead of /dev/random)
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60       --sameas=remote
61              Use this when the new special remote uses  the  same  underlying
62              storage  as  some other remote. This will result in the new spe‐
63              cial remote having the same uuid as the  specified  remote,  and
64              either can be used to access the same content.
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66              The  remote  can be the name of a git remote, or the description
67              or uuid of any git-annex repository.
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69              When using this option, the new remote inherits  the  encryption
70              settings  of  the existing remote, so you should not specify any
71              encryption parameters. No other configuration is inherited  from
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74              This  will  only work if both remotes use the underlying storage
75              in compatible ways. See this page for  information  about  known
76              compatabilities.    <http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/multi‐
77              ple_remotes_accessing_the_same_data_store/>
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COMMON CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

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82              Almost all special remotes support encryption. You will need  to
83              specify what encryption, if any, to use.
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85              If you do not want any encryption, use encryption=none
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87              To  encrypt to a GPG key, use encryption=hybrid keyid=$keyid ...
88              and fill in the GPG key id (or an email address associated  with
89              a GPG key).
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91              For  details  about  this  and  other  encrpytion  settings, see
92              <https://git-annex.branchable.com/encryption/> or --whatelse
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94       autoenable
95              To avoid git annex enableremote needing to be run, you can  pass
96              "autoenable=true". Then when git-annex is run in a new clone, it
97              will attempt to enable the special remote. Of course, this works
98              best  when  the special remote does not need anything special to
99              be done to get it enabled.
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101       uuid   Normally, git-annex initremote generates a new UUID for the  new
102              special remote. If you want to, you can specify a UUID for it to
103              use, by passing a uuid=whatever parameter. This can be useful in
104              some unusual situations.  But if in doubt, don't do this.
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SEE ALSO

107       git-annex(1)
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109       git-annex-enableremote(1)
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111       git-annex-renameremote(1)
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AUTHOR

114       Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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