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-git-annex 0.12 released with [[!toggle text="these changes"]]
-[[!toggleable text="""
-   * Add --exclude option to exclude files from processing.
-   * mwdn2man: Fix a bug in newline supression. Closes: #[606578](http://bugs.debian.org/606578)
-   * Bugfix to git annex add of an unlocked file in a subdir. Closes: #[606579](http://bugs.debian.org/606579)
-   * Makefile: Add PREFIX variable."""]]
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+git-annex 0.17 released with [[!toggle text="these changes"]]
+[[!toggleable text="""
+   * unannex: Now skips files whose content is not present, rather than
+     it being an error.
+   * New migrate subcommand can be used to switch files to using a different
+     backend, safely and with no duplication of content.
+   * bugfix: Fix crash caused by empty key name. (Thanks Henrik for reporting.)"""]]
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