[git-annex] Persistent change tracking

[Adam Spiers]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Richard Hartmann
<richih.mailinglist at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 20:44, Vincent Demeester <vincent at demeester.fr> wrote:
>
>> That also sound useful for me, and somehow with a similar use case (my
>> photography folder).
>
> I just realized that a special git remote may make more sense than a
> special bup remote.

What would be "special" about such a remote?

> If git-annex detects that it's being run in a "real" git repo, it
> could, hopefully, still behave similar to when it's being run in a git
> annex repo.

A git annex repo *is* a real git repo ... ? I think I must be
missing your point.