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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2016-05-03T18:51:22Z"
+ content="""
+In a v5 repo in indirect mode, they're broadly equivilant.
+
+`git annex uninit` removes git config changes and hooks that `git annex
+init` sets up, and generally hand-holds the process.
+"""]]