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git-annex development was supported in large part by:
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## financial support, 2014-2018
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git-annex development was partially supported by the
[Datalad project](http://datalad.org/), funded by a
[NSF grant](https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1429999),