Today, I've expanded `git annex info` to also be able to be used on annexed files and on remotes. Looking at the info for an individual remote is quite useful, especially for answering questions like: Does the remote have embedded creds? Are they encrypted? Does it use chunking? Is that old style chunking?
remote: rsync.net
description: rsync.net demo remote
uuid: 15b42f18-ebf2-11e1-bea1-f71f1515f9f1
cost: 250.0
type: rsync
url: xxx@usw-s002.rsync.net:foo
encryption: encrypted (to gpg keys: 7321FC22AC211D23 C910D9222512E3C7)
chunking: 1 MB chunks
remote: ia3
description: test [ia3]
uuid: 12817311-a189-4de3-b806-5f339d304230
cost: 200.0
type: S3
creds: embedded in git repository (not encrypted)
bucket: joeyh-test-17oct-3
internet archive item: http://archive.org/details/joeyh-test-17oct-3
encryption: not encrypted
chunking: none
Should be quite useful info for debugging too.. Yesterday, I fixed a bug that prevented retrieving files from Glacier.