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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="Lukey"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/c7c08e2efd29c692cc017c4a4ca3406b"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2023-03-20T17:59:11Z"
+ content="""
+Not a chance. git-annex uses symetric encryption, storing the key in the git-annex branch. See [[design/encryption/]].
+
+Are you sure you don't have other clones of the repo?
+
+How exactly did you loose the repo? Maybe its possible to recover it?
+"""]]