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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ nickname="joey"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2013-05-29T15:36:48Z"
+ content="""
+There is a --stop option that can be used to stop the assistant. It will clean up ssh sessions. git-annex also automatically cleans up stale ssh sessions whenever it starts a new one.
+"""]]