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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 3"""
+ date="2015-07-06T19:47:47Z"
+ content="""
+@Gioacchino, git-annex already fully supports --git-dir. It's only the
+assistant that does not. If you're doing "scripty stuff", you are, 
+I'd guess, not using the assistant...
+"""]]