[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joeyh.name/"
 ip="209.250.56.146"
 subject="comment 7"
 date="2014-03-05T17:08:19Z"
 content="""
The only reason copy --key would do nothing is if the key is not locally present in your repository.

Please check if the keys listed by `git annex unused` are present in `.git/annex/objects/`
"""]]
