[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 8"""
 date="2021-02-09T21:04:12Z"
 content="""
The incrementalhash branch has a mostly complete implementation of
incremental hashing on download, for retrieiving from git-annex
remotes. And the Backend interface added for that should be easy to use in
some special remotes as well. Let's start with that, worry about external
special remotes only after the low-hanging fruit is picked.
"""]]
