--- 9.0.3	2024-12-12 08:06:13.000000000 +0100
+++ aneksajo	2024-12-16 08:23:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	"time"
 
 	git_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/git"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/annex"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/httpcache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/lfs"
@@ -79,6 +80,26 @@
 	}
 	closed = true
 
+	// check for git-annex files
+	// (this code is weirdly redundant because I'm trying not to delete any lines in order to make merges easier)
+	isAnnexed, err := annex.IsAnnexed(blob)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("annex.IsAnnexed", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	if isAnnexed {
+		content, err := annex.Content(blob)
+		if err != nil {
+			// XXX are there any other possible failure cases here?
+			// there are, there could be unrelated io errors; those should be ctx.ServerError()s
+			ctx.NotFound("annex.Content", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		defer content.Close()
+		common.ServeContentByReadSeeker(ctx.Base, ctx.Repo.TreePath, lastModified, content)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	return common.ServeBlob(ctx.Base, ctx.Repo.TreePath, blob, lastModified)
 }