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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="https://launchpad.net/~stephane-gourichon-lpad"
+ nickname="stephane-gourichon-lpad"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/02d4a0af59175f9123720b4481d55a769ba954e20f6dd9b2792217d9fa0c6089"
+ subject="User expectations and what git annex unannex does."
+ date="2017-07-24T08:06:55Z"
+ content="""
+# Where we are
+
+@joey thank you for these explanations, more detailed than when I reported the same problem 8 months ago commenting https://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-unannex/ (@tom.prince had already written this page but I did not find it).
+
+Yet all this happens in a git world, where private history can be rewritten, so *there must be a simpler way*.
+
+# What people expect from \"undo accidental add command\"
+
+@tom.prince thanks for explaining what you expected `unannex` to do. Looks like I expected exactly the same behavior.
+
+IMHO current behavior of `git annex unannex` does not match what people expect of \"undo accidental add command\".
+
+# What current `git-annex unannex` actually does
+
+If behavior does not match words, perhaps behavior is interesting but should be matched with different words?
+
+Looking at what `git-annex unannex`, here are the words that came to mind:
+
+> git-annex unannex - turn a path which points to annexed content into a plain file that is store in regular git.
+
+Notice that:
+
+* `git-annex` retains history
+* other paths may still refer to the same content, so the annex may still contain a copy of the same data.  Else it becomes unused content subject to `git-annex dropunused`.
+
+Thank you for your attention.
+
+"""]]