From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/16645 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Damon Haley" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Using git-annex to sync gnus-home-directory Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:47:06 -0700 Organization: Vinyl Island University Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389815239 3232 80.91.229.3 (15 Jan 2014 19:47:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:47:19 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 15 20:47:25 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W3WQu-0003r1-FI for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:47:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56908 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W3WQu-0003MH-3j for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42318) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W3WQn-0003Ez-2z for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W3WQh-00005E-7v for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:16 -0500 Original-Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:41980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W3WQh-000057-3q for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:11 -0500 Original-Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.45]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B65E21156 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:10 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:10 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=VybXO9azd3mX9Bd4sKaDLR uFX4s=; b=rgESmTXaBYQ47AYexxdjg0q33lVu96SM4nS7i9km/wmNOWn+gpsqfE BSlXhp1WUNi1UJfdXNbSWx5SmGgXEpU0tH5/CR55VPO2GiURQdgimFoBQO0z1XLB vmG0usuzts1lk/wSZ86jGexEnmT9IPZqr65+7DzcDWI1nnnSgTFNE= X-Sasl-enc: MU9lG5/5h0yPJW5tTuY9AsSAhz5CZcEQnlvG57i89o0c 1389815229 Original-Received: from haley.local (unknown [128.138.79.153]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CE61AC00E88 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:47:09 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by haley.local (Postfix, from userid 253747059) id B55BD3540B8D; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:47:06 -0700 (MST) X-Face: "'PJ-yb+fYF0]%?, #==_(s>`~Hw_iwG![Cc+Sq$k>S|QbU)>?}Y51$4)\9OEt:NL.@kZIqy .L<, Nd[nsMwrN3b]os1UqBw X-Accept-Language: en-us Mail-Followup-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3 (darwin) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 66.111.4.27 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:16645 Archived-At: Does anyone on this list use git-annex to sync their gnus-home-directory between hosts? I'm getting a new laptop soon and want to sync my current gnus-home-directory between machines through an git-annex private cloud (similar to Dropbox). Git-annex has the option to have all data encrypted in the cloud. More info on git-annex can be found at: http://git-annex.branchable.com My settings are: gnus-home-directory "~/Messages/Gnus/" message-directory "~/Messages/Gnus/Mail/" So I was just planning to make ~/Messages a git-annex repository. Does anyone else use this technique and are there any pitfalls or caveats I should watch out for? Any configuration tips for git-annex or gnus with this type of setup would also be appreciated. Thanks, Damon