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Re:Git-annex assistant: Like DropBox, but with your own cloud by rlpb on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @10:49AM (#4386192)
git-annex keeps track of what file is where, including any duplicate copies you wish to keep on other storage mediums. If I want some file I archived, git-annex will tell me which external disk it's on (and it can do S3 and some other online storage mediums too). rsync keeps track of nothing between runs.

I find it really useful for archiving large files - an entirely different use case than git.

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Re:Git-annex assistant: Like DropBox, but with your own cloud by icebraining on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @11:32AM (#4386422)
It also keeps the hash of the files, so you can verify their integrity even without comparing to a different copy.
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