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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+For an example I wanted to add different metadata to some test files,
+but the outcome is that the last metadata gets applied to all three files. see transcript below.
+
+
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+1. Create a git annex repository
+2. add a few files
+3. add some metadata to the files, same keys, differnt values
+4. watch the metadata, only the last added one is shown for all files
+
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+    $cat /etc/debian_version; uname -a; git annex version
+    7.4
+    Linux jupiter 3.13.0ct #33 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 21 05:04:01 CET 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
+    git-annex version: 5.20140306~bpo70+1
+    build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing S3 Inotify DBus XMPP Feeds Quvi TDFA
+    key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 WORM URL
+    remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web tahoe glacier hook external
+    local repository version: 5
+    supported repository version: 5
+    upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4
+
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+Debian/Wheezy with git annex from backports. The test was done in /tmp which is a tmpfs.
+
+
+[[!format sh """
+$export LC_ALL=C
+$mkdir /tmp/annextest
+$cd /tmp/annextest
+$git init
+Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/annextest/.git/
+$git annex init
+init  ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+
+$touch a.txt b.txt c.txt
+$git annex add a.txt b.txt c.txt
+add a.txt ok
+add b.txt ok
+add c.txt ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+$git commit -m init
+[master (root-commit) 5470bdb] init
+ 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
+ create mode 120000 a.txt
+ create mode 120000 b.txt
+ create mode 120000 c.txt
+
+$git annex metadata a.txt -s foo=bar -s num=1
+metadata a.txt 
+  foo=bar
+  num=1
+ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+$git annex metadata b.txt -s foo=baz -s num=2
+metadata b.txt 
+  foo=baz
+  num=2
+ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+$git annex metadata c.txt -s foo=barf -s num=3
+metadata c.txt 
+  foo=barf
+  num=3
+ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+$git annex metadata
+metadata a.txt 
+  foo=barf
+  num=3
+ok
+metadata b.txt 
+  foo=barf
+  num=3
+ok
+metadata c.txt 
+  foo=barf
+  num=3
+ok
+"""]]