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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2024-02-22T16:43:01Z"
+ content="""
+AFAICS, the behavior is the same if you do not use git-annex at all and mv
+submodules around generally.
+
+This strongly suggests that dealing with this is out of scope for
+git-annex.
+"""]]