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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+It looks like GPG is being used in text mode, or at least isn't overriding the GPG config.
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+Have a binary file with long lines, and attempt to copy it into git-annex.
+
+This will happen:
+
+    $ git-annex copy 09\ Into\ The\ Dissonance.mp3 -t rsync.net_annex
+    copy 09 Into The Dissonance.mp3 (gpg) (checking rsync.net_annex...) (to rsync.net_annex...) gpg: can't handle text lines longer than 19995 characters
+    failed
+    git-annex: copy: 1 failed
+
+A workaround is to remove "textmode" from your gpg.conf, but git-annex should force this.
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+7ae625363bcb6e1fc8b3733c1d7814aca05a2368 on Ubuntu 13.04 x86_64
+