[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://xgm.de/oid/"
 nickname="Florian"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/4c5c0e290374d76c713f482e41f60a3cbee0fa64bb94c6da94e5a61a50824811"
 subject="comment 1"
 date="2017-09-24T04:21:11Z"
 content="""
Ok, I tried it using ```GIT_DIR``` and ```GIT_WORK_TREE```:

    Current directory is ~/git-annex, ./work exists and is populated with some files.

    % GIT_DIR=~/git-annex/git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/git-annex/work git init
    % GIT_DIR=~/git-annex/git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/git-annex/work git annex init \"server\"
    % GIT_DIR=~/git-annex/git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/git-annex/work git annex direct
    % GIT_DIR=~/git-annex/git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/git-annex/work git annex add .
    [... file are addded ...]
    % GIT_DIR=~/git-annex/git GIT_WORK_TREE=~/git-annex/work git annex sync
    [... file are synced ...]
    
    % git clone git remote
    % cd remote
    % git annex init \"remote\"
    % git annex sync
    
    
    % git annex get a.out
    get a.out
      Unable to access these remotes: origin
    
      Try making some of these repositories available:
            ed208c9f-a963-4000-a505-c3fe9dab0042 -- server [origin]
    failed
    git-annex: get: 1 failed
    
    
    % git annex whereis a.out
    whereis a.out (1 copy)
            ed208c9f-a963-4000-a505-c3fe9dab0042 -- server [origin]
    ok


The remote is of course available, it's all local.

What is still wrong?

Thanks,
Florian


"""]]
