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+Is it possible to story ordinary files in the git repository, or is this going to confuse git-annex? In other words, can I safely run
+
+  git add .gitattributes
+  git commit -m 'remember attributes' .gitattributes
+
+..., or do I have to use `git-annex add` all time?