[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 17"""
 date="2023-12-18T17:52:30Z"
 content="""
@imlew `git add` runs git-annex as a filter, so it cannot output progress
displays or other messages on stdout at that point. It would have to output
to stderr, but outputting non-errors to stderr is not great either.
"""]]