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+Ayo.. hi there.. Love git-annex!
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+We are using git-annex as a backend for an asynchronous network.. we have multiple repositories in the same machines/nodes and we'd like to use the same uuid to identify these nodes.
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+Each time we clone an existing g-a repository it creates a new uuid. Right now we have to reinit with the existing uuid and set the newly created uuid as dead.
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+Is it possible to prevent this stillborn?
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