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comment 23 70dcb7e7ffdd14351adaf4c40ee7fdd0
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Tue Dec 8 15:14:28 2015

@ben, it's generating the encryption key, and is blocked waiting on enropy. You can pass --fast to use lower-quality randomness.

Comment by joey Tue Dec 8 15:12:59 2015

Hi, when I try to create a glacier remote, the command freezes without further output:

$ git init
$ git annex init
$ git annex initremote glacier type=glacier keyid=xxxxxxxx
initremote glacier (encryption setup)

I can see the following processes in sleep state:

11438 pts/0    S+     0:00 git --git-dir=/home/b/Documents/annex/.git --work-tree=/home/b/Documents/annex cat-file --batch
11440 pts/0    SL+    0:00 gpg2 --batch --no-tty --use-agent --quiet --trust-model always --gen-random --armor 2 512

I'm on fedora 22, git-annex version: 5.20140717. Any suggestions appreciated, thanks!

Comment by ben Tue Dec 8 10:39:30 2015
I don't remember which gpg key my s3 remote is using, but I can't seem to get git annex to tell me about the configuration of my s3 remote, which has the gpg key ID that I need to find (I need to restore it from many backed up keys, but need to know which one). Is there a way to view the remote metadata? I was hoping to see a command like git annex remoteinfo NAME. (git annex version: 5.20140408-gb37d538).
Comment by cantora Tue Dec 8 08:29:12 2015
I wrote an external remote for Backblaze's B2 object storage service: git-annex-remote-b2. I can't be arsed to write a full page on it, but the README covers everything an experienced git-annex user needs to know to use it.
Comment by encryptio Fri Dec 4 03:19:29 2015

Hmm, seems I was wrong about git annex whereis displaying the tahoe capability. That was not implemented. I have just made a commit that will implement it though.

The git-annex branch is part of your git repository when you're using git-annex. See internals.

Comment by joey Mon Nov 30 19:36:03 2015

I guess you guys with the badly limited filename lenghs are using encfs or something like that. encfs is really shoddy, and I feel kind of like someone is complaining that the git repo can't be checked out on MS-DOS. 8.3 filenames are so 1985, and 128 filenames are so.. 1995?

Comment by joey Mon Nov 30 19:13:34 2015

@eren, some of the programs included with git-annex need to use libraries from Git for Windows. In particular, I think you'll find that rsync doesn't work if you use the 64 bit Git for Windows.

Comment by joey Mon Nov 30 19:05:36 2015

I tried to install the version for android 5 on my nexus 5 with the most recent firmware. The initial sync (git clone) succeeds, the git annex stuff fails with "remote origin does not have git-annex installed; setting annex-ignore".

I have the android 4 version working on my tablet for the same ssh remote, so I think the remote is OK.

I can provide full logs of the terminal session if needed (I didn't use the assistant front end).

BTW: this is great software, thanks you so very much! I hope to have it up and running on all my devices soon as a replacement for Google Drive. I happen to care about privacy.

Comment by pweemeeuw Mon Nov 30 16:05:13 2015

To install git-annex next to 64bit git on Windows:

Start cmd.exe with administrator privileges and run mklink /J "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git" "C:\Program Files\Git" to add a sym-link. Install git-annex.

Comment by eren.m.dursun Sun Nov 29 19:24:03 2015