git-annex-gui 0.2.5

A small systray app for git annex assistant.

A small systray app for git annex assistant.

Installation

Install from pypi:

$ pip install --user git-annex-gui

Install from gitlab:

$ git clone
$ mkvirtualenv git-annex-gui
$ pip install -e .

Setup and configuration

Ssh configuration

Create ssh keys. Use default file path or type in. Type in pass phrase:

$ ssh-keygen

Add key to ssh-agent. If not default file path used, type in path:

$ ssh-add

Copy public key to remote git annex server:

$ ssh-copy-id [e-mail]

Connect to existing repo

Setting up the local repo is more or less equivalent to whats described in the quickstart instructions:

https://git-annex.branchable.com/assistant/quickstart/

This will prepare an empty local repo ready to be synched. The next step is to add a remote repo that can be synced with the local one. This can be done in the assistant by clicking add repository and then selecting server. We assume that the two repos are supposed to containt the same files, so then we select to have them merged in the configuration dialogs.

ROADMAP

v0.4 - basic features

• [ ] Implement open annex dir in file explorer. Use xdg-open? - What about BeOS style file navigation in the systray sub-menu?

• [ ] Implement start of app when desktop starts.

• [ ] Implement starting of annex daemon when app starts.

v0.5 - desktop integration

• [ ] Forward notifications to desktop notification system?

v0.6 - in-app documentation/assistant

• [ ] add in-app documentation to aid in

  • [ ] starting the assistant wizard

  • [ ] setting remote central repo

• [ ] see what else of existing documentatio can be used in-app

Development

This project use sykel for release handling etc: https://pypi.org/project/sykel/

Resources

REST interface

Check the routes file in the git-annex repo (under assistant/webapp) to get an understanding about the REST interface.

Misc

• recovery from corrupt repo: http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/recovering_from_a_corrupt_git_repository/

• how to setup central repo setup