Git-annex: Peer-to-peer network with Tor

I've tried git-annex a while ago, while I admit this is definitely a killer feature I wasn't aware of, it is just not what I'm looking for tbh.

Tho I hope that annex gets more attention, it's still a great tool, especially with this tor pairing.

What makes it such a killer feature? Maybe I'm missing something, but I simply don't see the point.

If you use Git LFS this is a good way to not depend on central hosting for replication.

Using Tor enables uses behind NATs to utilize annex.

This was one of my problems, I could simply not get annex to pull or push any changes from anywhere due to the NAT problems I have with my ISP/Router.

This is great stuff! Annex stores large files that are linked from a repository. You can already easily mirror the repository and the files in it [1]. This allows you to easily transfer the linked files as well. Now the next step is federated pull/merge requests [2].

1 https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/repository_mirroring.htm...

2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4013

Maybe I'm lacking in imagination--what are the killer scenarios for this?

You have two random systems on opposite sides of various NATs or other awkward network topologies, and you want to move data between them.