git-annex can use the WWW as a special remote, downloading urls to files. See using the web as a special remote for usage examples.

notes

Currently git-annex only supports downloading content from the web; it cannot upload to it or remove content.

This special remote uses arbitrary urls on the web as the source for content. git-annex can also download content from a normal git remote, accessible by http.

It is not clear whether only http:// URLs are supported. Can you list others ?
Comment by http://olivier.berger.myopenid.com/ Sat Aug 17 08:44:05 2013
When it says "arbitrary urls", it means it. The only requirement is that the url be well formed and that wget or whatever command you have it configured to use via annex.web-download-command knows how to download it.
Comment by http://joeyh.name/ Sat Aug 17 08:59:11 2013
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