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+Say I have a git annex repository with one regular remote.  The status of both remotes is clean.
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+If I run `git annex sync` in the main remote, it will not create any commits.
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+However, running sync alternatively in both remotes will keep creating regular and merge commits.
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+I wonder if it would be possible to avoid this behavior.