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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 8"""
+ date="2015-08-19T18:03:22Z"
+ content="""
+I chose readonly=true to be consistent with the annex.readonly git config
+values. This is inconsistent with some other initremote stuff that uses
+foo=yes.
+
+I should probably make everything accept everything, which seems to be
+approximately what git-config does, but too much bother for now.
+
+----
+
+Indeed, WHEREIS is not useful for encrypted (or chunked) special remotes.
+I've made it not be used in those cases.
+"""]]