FAQ

How to publish data automagically to the (git-annex supported) remote

Use git annex wanted to specify the rule/selection of files. E.g. with

git annex wanted datalad-public "not metadata=distribution-restrictions=*"

datalad will transfer (by default) to datalad-public all annexed files which do not have a git-annex metadata key distribution-restrictions with any value.

How to publish to multiple siblings (remotes)

It is possible to add another remote as a dependency for another one. E.g. with

datalad siblings -s origin --publish-depends datalad-public configure

if current branch is tracking origin, datalad will first publish to datalad-public remote (e.g., to upload all data files ) and only then to origin.

How to configure "insecure" local credentials store

Often, e.g. in case of remote servers and automated crawling etc, it is desired to store credentials while relying solely on filesystem level protection. For that purpose, create ~/.config/python_keyring/keyringrc.cfg with

[backend]
default-keyring=keyrings.alt.file.PlaintextKeyring

and chmod go-rwx -R ~/.local/share/python_keyring/