polls/2013/using forgit-annex-surveyhttp://git-annex-survey.branchable.com/polls/2013/using_for/git-annex-surveyikiwiki2013-11-15T13:48:19Zdistributed digital repositoryhttp://git-annex-survey.branchable.com/polls/2013/using_for/comment_1_2bf439f7a3bc3d6fab91849017946182/gjost2013-11-14T00:40:07Z2013-11-14T00:39:49Z
I am in the process of building a distributed digital repository using Git and git-annex as a foundation. Our project is to collect and preserve archival-quality audio and video from multiple bandwidth-challenged remote sites. We're using git-annex to help us sneakernet the metadata and binaries around and to maintain multiple copies in geographically separate locations. Git very neatly addresses the problem of tracking changes, while git-annex makes it possible to track the flow of information through a network of distributed repositories.
comment 2http://git-annex-survey.branchable.com/polls/2013/using_for/comment_2_2c067b1b61ff65ef51625164d9b794f0/joeyh.name2013-11-14T00:41:47Z2013-11-14T00:41:47Z
gjost, that's very interesting! Does your project have a website?
Perfect for audio productionhttp://git-annex-survey.branchable.com/polls/2013/using_for/comment_3_5eb1db125c86bfc90cb23f7e0e8b71ab/Carlo2013-11-15T13:48:19Z2013-11-15T13:48:19Z
<p>I initially discovered git annex looking for a way to preserve my audio recordings. It's just a perfect match, because a non-destructive audio editor will save recordings as big, bulky data blobs (WAV or AIFF), but all the editing data as tiny text files, which benefit greatly from keeping them in git.</p>
<p>The files go onto my home file server after editing, which pushes them to Amazon Glacier. It solves so many headaches at once for this setup it's staggering.</p>