Anyone looking at this output who has ever been a Cub Scout leader will hear children chanting in unison:

AKELA: PACK PACK PACK
CUBS: PAAAAAAAAACK

And yes, I have written a #multicast git transport for #librecast

Of course I have.

@dentangle Have you tried using it to sync data stored in git-annex?

@puck Not yet. I haven't used git-annex but might take a look.

This is mostly for internal use with our CI system and when running experiments. We are often working on a multicast-only network or without globally routable addresses. This lets us clone and fetch git repositories without having to faff with setting up unicast routing and tunnels.