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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ ip="4.154.0.63"
+ subject="comment 15"
+ date="2013-08-24T15:56:47Z"
+ content="""
+No, you can sync before you copy, get, or whatever. git-annex will replace the symlinks with the actual files when they arrive at the repository.
+"""]]