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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
+ subject="comment 3"
+ date="2021-08-03T15:14:52Z"
+ content="""
+>tried using git-annex on Windows and gave up, using it inside an Ubuntu guest VM via VirtualBox
+
+I meant, I ended up using it *instead* inside an Ubuntu guest VM via VirtualBox, and that has worked very well.   The only caveat is that the files have to be stored inside VirtualBox volumes; trying to access Windows files via shared folder [[runs into VirtualBox filesystem issues|bugs/removeLink_failed_when_initializing_a_repo_in_a_VirtualBox_shared_folder]].
+"""]]