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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="kyle"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/7d6e85cde1422ad60607c87fa87c63f3"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2020-05-27T15:19:13Z"
+ content="""
+If you put a .noannex file in the top-level directory of a repo, `git
+annex init` will refuse to initialize the repo.
+"""]]