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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ nickname="joey"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2013-04-24T23:56:54Z"
+ content="""
+What you describe, `git annex get $file --from remote` silently not doing anything, is the expected behavior if the remote doesn't have the file. This allows you to eg, run `git annex get . --from remote` and get all files that the remote does have while skipping the rest.
+
+Did you ever try looking at `git annex whereis $file` ? 
+"""]]