I'm trying to think of a use for git annex that wouldn't just make things more complicated overall. The only thing I can think is I have a old Chromebook I repurposed to use linux and its hard drive is like 8 gigs. I could use that to check files in and out of a server but why would I not just use sshfs at that point. I can't really use it for images because I won't get thumbnail previews on anything.

I guess this is why I've never heard of it.