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 To build and use git-annex, you will need:
 
-* git: <http://git-scm.com/>
+* `git`: <http://git-scm.com/>
 * The Haskell Platform: <http://haskell.org/platform/>
 * MissingH: <http://github.com/jgoerzen/missingh/wiki>
-* uuid: <http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/>
+* `uuid`: <http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/>
+* `xargs`: <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/>
 
 Then just [[download]] git-annex and run: `make; make install`