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Rclone's `gitannex` subcommand enables [git-annex] to store and retrieve content
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from an rclone remote. It is meant to be run by git-annex, not directly by
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users.
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[git-annex]: https://git-annex.branchable.com/
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### Installation on Linux
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1. Skip this step if your version of git-annex is [10.20240430] or newer.
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Otherwise, you must create a symlink somewhere on your PATH with a particular
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name. This symlink helps git-annex tell rclone it wants to run the "gitannex"
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subcommand.
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Create the helper symlink in "$HOME/bin":
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```console
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ln -s "$(realpath rclone)" "$HOME/bin/git-annex-remote-rclone-builtin"
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Verify the new symlink is on your PATH:
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```console
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which git-annex-remote-rclone-builtin
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```
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[10.20240430]: https://git-annex.branchable.com/news/version_10.20240430/
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2. Add a new remote to your git-annex repo. This new remote will connect
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git-annex with the `rclone gitannex` subcommand.
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Start by asking git-annex to describe the remote's available configuration
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parameters.
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If you skipped step 1:
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```console
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git annex initremote MyRemote type=rclone --whatelse
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```
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If you created a symlink in step 1:
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```console
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git annex initremote MyRemote type=external externaltype=rclone-builtin --whatelse
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```
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> **NOTE**: If you're porting an existing [git-annex-remote-rclone] remote to
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> use `rclone gitannex`, you can probably reuse the configuration parameters
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> verbatim without renaming them. Check parameter synonyms with `--whatelse`
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> as shown above.
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>
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> [git-annex-remote-rclone]: https://github.com/git-annex-remote-rclone/git-annex-remote-rclone
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The following example creates a new git-annex remote named "MyRemote" that
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will use the rclone remote named "SomeRcloneRemote". That rclone remote must
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be one configured in your rclone.conf file, which can be located with `rclone
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config file`.
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```console
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git annex initremote MyRemote \
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type=external \
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externaltype=rclone-builtin \
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encryption=none \
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rcloneremotename=SomeRcloneRemote \
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rcloneprefix=git-annex-content \
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rclonelayout=nodir
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```
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3. Before you trust this command with your precious data, be sure to **test the
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remote**. This command is very new and has not been tested on many rclone
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backends. Caveat emptor!
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```console
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git annex testremote MyRemote
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```
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Happy annexing!
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