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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2018-10-04T17:03:42Z"
+ content="""
+I agree with CandyAngel, this is not something that should be done
+automatically.
+
+While `git annex dead --batch` could be worth adding, it might be more
+useful to support `git annex dead --files file|dir ...` so you can just run
+it on the same files you're dropping.
+"""]]