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+I currently use mergerfs, it gives me a simple union mount of a bunch of drives, for example:
+/media/*/datahoard/
+* meaning several stand alone drives
+
+I wanted to use git-annex instead, so I went to one of those drives:
+cd /media/strange/
+and created a git annex repo, then if I go to another drive
+cd /media/charm/ 
+and attempt to clone the repo, it complains because /datahoard/ already exists (and isn't empty)
+
+I want to import all of my single drives into git-annex and have the resulting directory structure be the same as the original union mount, is this possible and how would I go about doing it?
+
+Thanks