Read-only public Sciebo shares

Sciebo is accessible through WebDAV, which means that git-annex’s webdav special remote can be used to synchronize data with Sciebo. This was explored in the WebDav walkthrough.

However, git-annex used to require write access for enabling a webdav special remote, which made it impractical for sharing data with broader audiences. This changed in git-annex version 10.20250115.

Additionally, the ability to push a git repository to a git-annex special remote and clone from a special remote, previously provided in DataLad-next, is now built-in into git-annex, as git-remote-annex. This feature was added in git-annex version 10.20240531. See git-annex tips: storing a git repository on any special remote.

This means that it is possible to create an “all-in-one” (git + annex) deposit in Sciebo. A walkthrough with explanations is provided in the Putting new git-annex features to use with Nextcloud post on the DataLad blog.