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-[[!comment format=mdwn
- username="bremner"
- ip="198.164.160.48"
- subject="How to read metadata conveniently?"
- date="2014-03-15T20:48:52Z"
- content="""
-Is there a more convenient way to read metadata than to parse the output of \"git annex metadata foo\"?
-"""]]