git-annex has some really awkward documentation. You can apparently do, sort of, but not really, the same thing git-fetch-file[1] does, with git-annex: gi

git-annex has some really awkward documentation. You can apparently do, sort of, but not really, the same thing git-fetch-file[1] does, with git-annex: git fetch-file add https://github.com/icculus/physfs.git "**" lib/physfs-main git fetch-file pull `add` creates this at `.git-remote-files`: [file "**"] commit = 9d18d36b5a5207b72f473f05e1b2834e347d8144 target = lib/physfs-main repository = https://github.com/icculus/physfs branch = main But git-annex's documentation goes on and on about a bunch of commands I don't really want to read about, whereas those two lines and that .git-remote-files manifest just told you what git-fetch-file does. [1]: https://github.com/andrewmcwattersandco/git-fetch-file https://github.com/andrewmcwattersandco/git-fetch-file