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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="yarikoptic"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/f11e9c84cb18d26a1748c33b48c924b4"
+ subject="comment 5"
+ date="2017-12-13T18:12:05Z"
+ content="""
+oh, indeed -- forgot about .gitattributes and indeed sad that spaces seems to be nohow allowed.  But could be as obscure as requiring _ instead of a space to encode the message:
+
+[[!format sh \"\"\"
+$> builtin cd /tmp/; rm -rf /tmp/testds3; datalad create --no-annex /tmp/testds3; cd /tmp/testds3; echo 123 > 123; echo '* annex.noannex=Because_I_said_so/and\"meant:it' > .gitattributes 123; datalad add -m atrr .gitattributes 123; git check-attr --all 123  
+[INFO   ] Creating a new git repo at /tmp/testds3 
+create(ok): /tmp/testds3 (dataset)
+add(ok): /tmp/testds3/.gitattributes (file)
+add(ok): /tmp/testds3/123 (file)
+save(ok): /tmp/testds3 (dataset)
+action summary:
+  add (ok: 2)
+  save (ok: 1)
+123: annex.noannex: Because_I_said_so/and\"meant:it
+123: 123: set
+\"\"\"]]
+"""]]