[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmBUR4O9mofxVbpb8JV9mEbVfIYv670uJo"
 nickname="Justin"
 subject="comment 1"
 date="2013-01-12T14:34:34Z"
 content="""
    fatal: Unable to find remote helper for 'xmpp'

is probably why things are not working for you. git annex sync is not actually syncing because of that.
"""]]