[[!comment format=mdwn username="http://joeyh.name/" subject="comment 2" date="2012-08-16T23:34:12Z" content=""" Yes, it's surprising to me when I see it work, and I wrote it. :) Since git-annex is running locally on the same system as the browser, it can open the file manager when the user clicks on a link in the web browser. To the web browser, this is just an AJAX request. """]]