not a bug

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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Option_--from-anywhere_not_recognized_in_copy.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Option_--from-anywhere_not_recognized_in_copy.mdwn
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+++ b/doc/bugs/Option_--from-anywhere_not_recognized_in_copy.mdwn
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ $ uname -r
 ### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
 git annex does everything I was looking for when I found it and then some. Thank you for creating and maintaining it!
 
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+> not a bug, version too old [[done]] --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/bugs/Option_--from-anywhere_not_recognized_in_copy/comment_1_92bb18a7a50cf3dcbca75f544d7a0acf._comment b/doc/bugs/Option_--from-anywhere_not_recognized_in_copy/comment_1_92bb18a7a50cf3dcbca75f544d7a0acf._comment
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2024-01-18T15:57:56Z"
+ content="""
+Your git-annex version is from before --from-anywhere was implemented.
+
+Also, `--from-anywhere` needs `--to=remote`, as documented on the man page.
+"here" is not a remote name, so `--from-anywhere --to=here` will not work.
+
+	git-annex copy --from-anywhere --to=here
+	git-annex: there is no available git remote named "here"
+
+A simpler way to do what you were trying to do, that does work is
+`git-annex copy --to=here`
+
+An even simpler way to do exactly the same thing is `git-annex get`
+
+So, I don't see any point in trying to support `--from-anywhere --to=here`
+with `git-annex copy`.
+"""]]