complaining about dead

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### Please describe the problem.
Current syntax of `dead` online at git annex dead [repository ...] [--key somekey ...] says
`git annex dead [repository ...] [--key somekey ...]`
which is also incorrect rendering I think since it is
```
[d31548v@ndoli tmp]$ git annex dead --help
git-annex dead - hide a lost repository or key
Usage: git-annex dead [[REPOSITORY ...] | [--key KEY]]
```
so it is EITHER to announce REPOSITORY or a KEY.
Naive/new/quick users, since many annex commands take file paths as arguments could provide `dead` with both - repository and local paths, e.g. `git annex dead here */*.nii.gz` or alike. But then annex proceeds with marking `here` dead while then erroring out on paths:
```shell
(datalad-dev) [d78092t@ndoli 1080_wasabi]$ git-annex dead here sub-SID000743/ses-01/func/*.nii
dead here (recording state in git...)
ok
git-annex: there is no available git remote named "sub-SID000743/ses-01/func/sub-SID000743_ses-01_task-hyperalignment_acq-mb8_run-04_bold.nii"
```
which is correct/expected behavior given the fact that if RTFM then those are to be taken as repositories.
But I wondered if may be `git annex` could/should become more "protective" and fail early if any of provided repositories is "not available"?
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