It should be possible for clones to learn about how to contact
each other without remotes needing to always be explicitly set
up. Say that .git-annex/remote.log
is maintained by git-annex
to contain:
UUID hostname URI
The URI comes from configured remotes and maybe from
file://$(pwd)
, or even ssh://$(hostname -f)
for the current repo. This format will merge without
conflicts or data loss.
Then when content is belived to be in a UUID, and no configured remote has it, the remote.log can be consulted and URIs that look likely tried. (file:// ones if the hostname is the same (or maybe always -- a removable drive might tend to be mounted at the same location on different hosts), otherwise ssh:// ones.)
Question: When should git-annex update the remote.log? (If not just on init.) Whenever it reads in a repo's remotes?