git-annex:tldr:7cd0b

This command is used in git annex to retrieve a specific file or directory from a remote annex repository and add it to the local repository.

Here's how it works:

1. git annex get is the command itself.
2. ${filename_or_directory} represents the name of the file or directory that you want to retrieve. You need to replace ${filename_or_directory} with the actual name (or relative path) of the file or directory you want to get. For example, if you want to retrieve a file named example.txt, you would use git annex get example.txt. If you want to retrieve a directory named data, you would use git annex get data to retrieve the entire directory.

When you run this command, git annex will check the remote annex repository for the specified file or directory. If it exists, it will download the content and store it locally in the annex area of the local repository. If the file or directory is already present in the local repository, it will be skipped, unless you use additional options to force the retrieval.

By using this command, you can download specific files or directories from remote annex repositories and bring them into your local git annex repository, making them available for use or modification.