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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2024-03-04T21:17:26Z"
+ content="""
+You need to clone to git repository where you initialized the special
+remote the first time, then `git-annex enableremote` will enable using it
+from the clone.
+"""]]