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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+v8 repo automatically upgrades to v10 which is contrary to what the changelog states here [[news/version_10.20220822]].
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+```
+git init
+git annex init --version 8
+git config annex.version
+git annex info > /dev/null
+git config annex.version
+```
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+10.20220822 Linux
+