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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2019-01-22T15:54:03Z"
+ content="""
+Have you tried just constricting MD5E keys without the size value?
+git-annex still supports keys from before v2 repo version that did not
+include size, so I'd guess it would work ok.
+"""]]