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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ ip="209.250.56.2"
+ subject="comment 9"
+ date="2014-07-16T18:08:26Z"
+ content="""
+Are you sure that you have upgraded git-annex on every machine that uses that repository? You could have one old un-upgraded one still causing commits that would of course be visible on the rest.
+
+Also, what version exactly does `git-annex version` show?
+"""]]