[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 2"""
 date="2019-12-18T17:49:47Z"
 content="""
git-annex's API for getting object content from remotes involve a
destination file that is written to. That limits the efficiency of such a
command. There would need to be a separate API for streaming, which some
remotes will not have any hope of supporting.
"""]]