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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+8 out of 293 tests failed (200.39s)
+  (This could be due to a bug in git-annex, or an incompatibility
+   with utilities, such as git, installed on this system.)
+
+full log https://headcounter.org/hydra/build/1819294/nixlog/1
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+./make test
+
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+6.20170510
+
+nix-build and inside a nix shell with manual building.
+
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+
+
+### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
+
+Yep, works apart from the few tests that fail.
+