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+It seems that currently, syncing will result in every branch winding
+up everywhere within the network of git annex nodes. It would be great
+if one could keep some branches purely local.
+
+The «fetch» part of «sync» seems to respect the fetch refspec in the
+git config, but the push part seems to always push everything.