[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joeyh.name/"
 subject="comment 4"
 date="2015-12-10T18:58:46Z"
 content="""
Correct, dropping a file from everywhere will lose its content entirely.

But, git-annex has a [[copies]] tracking feature that prevents such foot-shooting. If you ask it to drop the last copy, it will refuse, although there is a way to override this if you really want to.
"""]]