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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2018-03-06T16:08:23Z"
+ content="""
+When I try this with ssh remotes, which should act the same as external
+special remotes as far as git-annex get behavior is concerned,
+git-annex get moves on to the next remote that has the file when the first
+one fails.
+
+I think the difference might come down to the handling of the failed
+PREPARE. That throws an exception, so terminates the get action for that
+file.
+
+Indeed, there are quite a few `giveup` in Remote/External.hs, and while
+some of them are reasonable exceptions to throw, it needs an audit for ones
+that throw an exception when there's a better way to indicate failure like
+return False.
+"""]]