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+This works with bind-mount, I might try with softlinks as well.
+
+Going through git's data on push/pull can take ages on a spindle disk even
+if the repo is rather small in size. This is especially true if you are
+used to ssd speeds, but ssd storage is expensive. Storing the annex objects
+on a cheap spindle disk and everything else on a ssd makes things a _lot_
+faster.
+
+> Update: git-annex supports `.git/annex/` being moved to a different disk
+> than the rest of the repisitory, but does *not* support individual
+> subdirectories, like `.git/annex/objects/` being on a different disk
+> than the main `.git/annex/` directory. --[[Joey]]