[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl9sYlePmv1xK-VvjBdN-5doOa_Xw-jH4U"
 nickname="Richard"
 subject="comment 3"
 date="2013-08-02T06:57:12Z"
 content="""
In this particular case

* It's XFS
* It's a normal repo
* That the inode can have only one shared mtime is obvious, but the symlinks could have their own:

Random line to make MarkDown happy

    richih@eudyptes (git)-[master] ~/killme/target % stat * .git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
      File: ‘foo’ -> ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 178          Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 268638577   Links: 1
    Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:51:35.976674954 +0200
    Modify: 2013-07-30 01:19:41.000000000 +0200
    Change: 2013-07-30 01:41:43.700701516 +0200
     Birth: -
      File: ‘foobar’ -> ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 178          Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 268774374   Links: 1
    Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:51:35.976674954 +0200
    Modify: 2013-07-30 01:19:41.000000000 +0200
    Change: 2013-07-30 01:41:43.700701516 +0200
     Birth: -
      File: ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 0            Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty file
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 73750       Links: 1
    Access: (0444/-r--r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-07-30 01:20:11.915507749 +0200
    Modify: 2013-07-30 01:19:41.131509226 +0200
    Change: 2013-07-30 01:20:11.915507749 +0200
     Birth: -
    richih@eudyptes (git)-[master] ~/killme/target % touch foo
    richih@eudyptes (git)-[master] ~/killme/target % stat * .git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
      File: ‘foo’ -> ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 178          Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 268638577   Links: 1
    Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:51:35.976674954 +0200
    Modify: 2013-07-30 01:19:41.000000000 +0200
    Change: 2013-07-30 01:41:43.700701516 +0200
     Birth: -
      File: ‘foobar’ -> ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 178          Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 268774374   Links: 1
    Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:51:35.976674954 +0200
    Modify: 2013-07-30 01:19:41.000000000 +0200
    Change: 2013-07-30 01:41:43.700701516 +0200
     Birth: -
      File: ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 0            Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty file
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 73750       Links: 1
    Access: (0444/-r--r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:54:34.464668766 +0200
    Modify: 2013-08-02 08:54:34.464668766 +0200
    Change: 2013-08-02 08:54:34.464668766 +0200
     Birth: -
    richih@eudyptes (git)-[master] ~/killme/target % touch --no-dereference foo
    richih@eudyptes (git)-[master] ~/killme/target % stat * .git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
      File: ‘foo’ -> ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 178          Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 268638577   Links: 1
    Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:55:07.796667610 +0200
    Modify: 2013-08-02 08:55:07.796667610 +0200
    Change: 2013-08-02 08:55:07.796667610 +0200
     Birth: -
      File: ‘foobar’ -> ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 178          Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   symbolic link
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 268774374   Links: 1
    Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:51:35.976674954 +0200
    Modify: 2013-07-30 01:19:41.000000000 +0200
    Change: 2013-07-30 01:41:43.700701516 +0200
     Birth: -
      File: ‘.git/annex/objects/pX/ZJ/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855/SHA256E-s0--e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855’
      Size: 0            Blocks: 0          IO Block: 4096   regular empty file
    Device: 804h/2052d   Inode: 73750       Links: 1
    Access: (0444/-r--r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/  richih)   Gid: ( 1000/  richih)
    Access: 2013-08-02 08:54:34.464668766 +0200
    Modify: 2013-08-02 08:54:34.464668766 +0200
    Change: 2013-08-02 08:54:34.464668766 +0200
     Birth: -
    richih@eudyptes (git)-[master] ~/killme/target %

As to where the initial time of 01:19:41 came from: Yes, those were earlier tests with other imports of empty files.
"""]]