[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
 subject="git-annex-add slowdown"
 date="2021-06-14T16:00:44Z"
 content="""
> git-annex add looking to see what other annexed files use the same content, so that it can populate any unlocked files that didn't have the content present before

Could this be skipped if `annex.supportunlocked=false`?

>The file contents all being the same is the crucial thing

One not-quite-edge case where that happens is when empty files are used as placedholders for outputs of failed steps throughout a large workflow.


"""]]
