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+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Tobias Schmidl
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+-->
+
+# git-annex
+
+## Purpose
+
+This is a basic dockerized version of [git-annex](https://git-annex.branchable.com/)
+
+## Usage
+
+Simple, just create an alias:
+
+```
+git config --global alias.annexd 'docker run --rm -ti -v $PWD:/git --user $(id -u):$(id -g) registry.gitlab.com/schtobia/git-annex'
+```