[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joeyh.name/"
 ip="4.154.0.63"
 subject="comment 15"
 date="2013-08-24T15:56:47Z"
 content="""
No, you can sync before you copy, get, or whatever. git-annex will replace the symlinks with the actual files when they arrive at the repository.
"""]]