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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2023-04-04T17:54:11Z"
+ content="""
+Note that git-annex does not store urls associated with any particular
+remote. The url log is simply a list of urls. This was probably not a great
+design choice, but we're essentially stuck with it.
+
+So, `registerurl` can update the location tracking (which it currently does
+only for the web special remote and not others). But an association
+between url and special remote cannot be recorded by it.
+"""]]