Continued working on the enhancaed smudge/clean interface in git, incorporating feedback from the git developers. In a spare half an hour, I made an `improved-smudge-filters` branch that teaches git-annex smudge to use the new interface. Doing a quick benchmark, `git checkout` of a deleted 1 gb file took: * 19 seconds before * 11 seconds with the new interface * 0.1 seconds with the new interface and annex.thin set (while also saving 1 gb of disk space!) So, this new interface is very much worthwhile.