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* configlist directory
This outputs a subset of the git configuration, in the same form as
- `git config --list`
+ `git config --list`. This is used to get the annex.uuid of the remote
+ repository.
+
+ When run in a repository that does not yet have an annex.uuid, one
+ will be created, as long as a git-annex branch has already been pushed to
+ the repository.
* inannex directory [key ...]