git-annex is an appealing Open Source replacement for Dropbox http://git-annex.branchable.com/.

 

I initially found a script to create a Slackware package out of the generic Linux package but it didn't work out of the box.

https://github.com/rdparker/slackbuilds/tree/master/git-annex

 

Please find attached a modified version of the script that works on unRAID. It will download the git-annex binary package and create a working Slackware package.

1. Download and extract attached zip file into a temp directory

 

2. Change permissions on git-annex.SlackBuild

chmod +x git-annex.SlackBuild

 

3. Run the script

./git-annex.SlackBuild

 

4. Install package

upgradepkg --install-new git-annex-4.20130922-g7dc188a-i486-3_rdp.txz

 

5. *Do no start* the web app like you would do on a laptop like:

git-annex webapp

 

6. Specify unRAID IP address as listening address

git-annex webapp --listen=192.168.0.18

 

7. You should get a login token. Copy it and paste it on a browser.

http://192.168.0.18:57158/?auth=58246bd934f64b96efd645ce7bd12b38e53ed07e01b1a90993c8b6c41a1cd21c67efed50b0667489bc61bc657e3aed398ac0d67755d496dd8e559e8b6c004cc8

 

8. You should be in business!

 

The only thing that didn't work was the Remote Server setup. While it worked for encrypted repo it didn't work for unencrypted, full git repo as git-annex complains about unRAID not running git or git-annex.

git-annex-slackware.zip

wow!  I just searched for unraid + git-annex and this popped up... you saved me a lot of time and effort.  thank you!

I had never heard of this. Looks extremely interesting. Nice one

I'm looking for help as the package I provided doesn't work the way it should. git-annex commands run when started from an unRAID console but not over SSH so it is virtually impossilble to use unRAID as a remote repository, only as a remote encrypted "special remote" that only contains git-annex object but not a full copy of the git repository... kind of defeat the purpose of it. I looked at the path and even changed them over the SSH session but I think the package is not setup correctly. This application has huge potentials for stuff like unRAID.

 

Following commands ran on a remote PC should return the help page:

 

ssh unraid git-annex

 

ssh unraid 'git annex'

 

But they don't return anything.