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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2018-10-04T19:11:41Z"
+ content="""
+But all information is not necessarily available without the special remote
+program. The WHEREIS command can cause it to provide additional urls.
+
+git-annex only starts external special remote programs on demand; a command
+that actually does not need to use the remote won't fail.
+"""]]