doc/bugs/Missing_automounts_block_every_command.mdwn

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+### Please describe the problem.
+When a remote is located on a device (network) that systemd is configured to automount but fails to do so, every git-annex command blocks/waits until the automount times out.
+
+Commands that have to access such a remote (e.g., `sync`, `move`) are are allowed to block, but commands that only operate on the local repository (e.g., `version`, `add`, `calckey`, `find`) or another one (`sync not-doesnotexist`, `move --to=not-doesnotexist`) should not.
+
+The Bash completion is also affected and blocks at every tab.
+
+Probably related: git-annex causes **not missing** idle hard drives (as remotes) to spin up for no reason – even for local commands and completions.
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+Add a non-existing mount point to `/etc/fstab`:
+
+    /dev/sdoesnotexist  /mnt/doesnotexist  ext4  defaults,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.device-timeout=10  0  0
+
+Add a remote pointing to a path on `/mnt/doesnotexist`:
+
+    $ git remote add doesnotexist /mnt/doesnotexist/path/to/repository
+
+Use any git-annex command and wait for at least `x-systemd.device-timeout`:
+
+    $ time git-annex version > /dev/null
+    real    0m10.433s
+    user    0m0.171s
+    sys     0m0.028s
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+    git-annex version: 6.20171214-g61b515d71d                                                                                                                                                     
+    build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds
+    dependency versions: aws-0.18 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.24 DAV-1.3.1 feed-1.0.0.0 ghc-8.2.2 http-client-0.5.7.1 persistent-sqlite-2.6.4 torrent-10000.1.1 uuid-1.3.13 yesod-1.4.5      
+    key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL
+    remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external
+    local repository version: 5
+    supported repository versions: 3 5 6
+    upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5
+    operating system: linux x86_64
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+`strace` always includes a call to `stat("/mnt/doesnotexist/path/to/repository")`.
+
+### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
+
+I’m very happy with git-annex (thanks) and use it frequently enough to notice this behavior.