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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ ip="209.250.56.154"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2014-03-18T19:38:19Z"
+ content="""
+Why not just use git's alias system? It can't make `git annex $foo` aliases, but `git $foo` is shorter anyway..
+"""]]