[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="anarcat"
 subject="confirmed"
 date="2015-05-14T15:50:32Z"
 content="""
so this is confirmed: i had git-annex installed from packages, and git-annex in /opt/bin/, installed using the standalone binary. `~/.config/git-annex/program` points to the latter, `$PATH` to the former.

really confusing bug... removing the package works around the issue.
"""]]