[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 1"""
 date="2017-09-29T19:49:29Z"
 content="""
Think of `git annex get` as more like `git pull` than `git cat-file`. 
It necessarily needs to modify the repository to get the contents of files.

What about making a temporary clone of the git repository that's
writable in the sandbox?
"""]]
