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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2015-05-22T17:19:38Z"
+ content="""
+I do this all the time (most recently 12 hours ago), and have never seen
+this problem. At least not in recent memory.
+
+You didn't say which version of git-annex you are using. Perhaps you
+need to upgrade from some old and broken version...
+
+Looking at the current code, it first tries a rename, and if that
+fails for a reason such as the two locations being on different devices,
+it falls back to using `cp`.
+"""]]