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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
+ subject="re: many small files"
+ date="2022-09-13T17:28:29Z"
+ content="""
+OTOH, I've found myself using only locked annexed files for datasets, and [[projects/datalad]] does the same.  But there are reasons others might want to use unlocked files for that.
+"""]]