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+I am currently trying to transfer git-annex managed files to my server.
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+I am getting them with `git annex /path`. However, these are very many small files, and git annex seems to take a tiny break in between them, so the process takes considerably longer than uploading a single file of the same size would.
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+Do you have any suggestions for improving my transfer speed in this case?