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+Hi
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+Is there any (built-in or otherwise) way to search git-annex metadata and file content?  Ideally I think something that knows about git-annex would be helpful because of files moving around / going away due to metadata driven views, dangling symlinks etc.
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+I'm imagining:
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+* Something based on Lucene (solr/elasticsearch) or Xapian for fast searches
+* Probably ideally using git-annex metadata to track which files move where on disk
+* Maybe use of inotify to let it know when git annex has moved file content around or added/removed it from a working tree
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+Thanks everybody, and Joey for making git annex and being an inspiration