[[!comment format=mdwn username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl9sYlePmv1xK-VvjBdN-5doOa_Xw-jH4U" nickname="Richard" subject="comment 2" date="2013-07-11T20:18:44Z" content=""" I wanted to use it as a way to prepare the files before running `git annex add`. I like to have everything exactly how I want it before I add anything to git, or git-annex. Does git-annex do anything in the git-annex branch prior to running the pre-commit hook? I.e. is there any penalty, however slight, in running `git annex add` several times while moving stuff around? """]]