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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnHRhCe3qwVKQ8_NOGGSYJnAMW6FFyKbOc"
+ nickname="Holger"
+ subject="comment 3"
+ date="2013-07-02T04:05:06Z"
+ content="""
+What do you think of the following simpler variant:
+
+    % git annex size myfile1.zip
+    myfile1.zip is 1329 MB
+    % git annex size mydir/
+    mydir contains 2803 files totaling 328 GB.
+
+If you're worried about running over the tree twice, it may be a good idea to store the size of a subtree along with the other metadata.
+"""]]