[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="nobodyinperson"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/736a41cd4988ede057bae805d000f4f5"
 subject="comment 1"
 date="2023-07-05T20:46:13Z"
 content="""
Sounds absolutely awesome! The new `git annex satisfy` would also benefit from this. 

Also when thinking about a potential future `--dry-run` mode that wouldn't actually do stuff but in combination with `--explain` would display what it would do and why. I know dry-running can be nontrivial to implement, especially when actions change state. But imagine how cool it would be to do `git annex assist --dry-run --explain` and to see what exactly it *would* do (what files go to git, which to the annex, what files will be copied where, etc.) 🤩
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