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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="jkniiv"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/05fd8b33af7183342153e8013aa3713d"
+ subject="comment 3"
+ date="2023-07-12T07:33:16Z"
+ content="""
+> IIUC, Joeys reasoning is that git annex sync was incomplete/inconsistent from the start and did too many configurable things.
+
+That's not a reason to break backwards compatibility for such a prominent command as `sync`. Just no.
+
+> git annex assist syncs the entire repo state - as the assistant.
+
+I don't want to use the assistant -- or it's CLI alter ego assist -- I want my own manicured commit messages, puh-lease! The assistant
+is a whole another use case, just not mine at the moment.
+
+Just give us our old `sync` back. Rename it to `synk` (or, `sc`/`sk` -- as in \"sync for [k]urmudgeons\") if you want but let us have it. :)
+"""]]