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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2021-05-04T13:51:01Z"
+ content="""
+You want: git config annex.sshcaching false
+
+This behavior is because git-annex uses ControlMaster itself as it
+sometimes needs multiple connections to a ssh host and most people don't
+have it set up.
+"""]]