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@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ If you're using the git-annex assistant, you don't normally need to worry about
You have a file. You want that file to immediately vanish from the face of the earth to the best of your abilities.
+Note that, since git-annex deduplicates files by default, any files with
+the same content will be removed by these commands.
+
1. `git annex drop --force file`
2. `git annex whereis file`
3. `git annex drop --force file --from $repo` repeat for each repository listed by the whereis command