diff --git a/qurator_data_lib.sh b/qurator_data_lib.sh
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-# ______________________________________
-#/ always copy the file from            \
-#| mono-repo/qurator_data_lib.sh, never |
-#\ edit the copy in the project         /
-# --------------------------------------
-#        \   ^__^
-#         \  (oo)\_______
-#            (__)\       )\/\
-#                ||----w |
-#                ||     ||
-
-if [ -z "$BASH" ]; then
-  echo "qurator_data_lib.sh uses bash features, please make sure to run $0 in bash"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-check_data_subdir() {
-  result=0
-
-  if git submodule status $DATA_SUBDIR | grep -q '^-'; then
-    echo "$DATA_SUBDIR/ is not an initialized submodule"; result=1
-  fi
-  if ! [ -e $DATA_SUBDIR/.git/annex ]; then
-    echo "$DATA_SUBDIR/ is not a git annex repository"; result=1
-  fi
-  if ! (cd $DATA_SUBDIR && git annex version | egrep -q 'local repository version: (7|8)'); then
-    echo "$DATA_SUBDIR/ is not a git annex repository version 7 or 8"; result=1
-  fi
-  if ! (cd $DATA_SUBDIR && git remote | grep -q '^nfs$'); then
-    echo "$DATA_SUBDIR/ has no git remote 'nfs'"; result=1
-  fi
-
-  return $result
-}
-
-annex_get() {
-  if [[ "$1" = '--allow_symlinks' ]]; then
-    allow_symlinks=1
-    shift
-  else
-    allow_symlinks=0
-  fi
-  file_pattern="$1"
-
-  (
-    cd $DATA_SUBDIR
-    git annex get $file_pattern
-
-    # fsck seems to be necessary to fix the files if we are in a submodule
-    git annex fsck $file_pattern
-
-    # Check that there are no symlinks = only unlocked files. This is needed for
-    # Docker builds, as we cannot dereference symlinks in a Dockerfile COPY.
-    if [[ $allow_symlinks = 0 ]]; then
-      git ls-files $file_pattern | while read f; do
-        if ! [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
-           echo "$DATA_SUBDIR/$f is not a regular file – Is an unlock needed?"
-           exit
-        fi
-      done
-    fi
-  )
-}
-
-# Options:
-# --no-unpack                Do NOT unpack the file
-# --strip-components NUMBER  (as tar's option)
-download_to() {
-  unpack=1
-  tar_options=""
-
-  _options=$(getopt --long no-unpack,strip-components: -- "" "$@")
-  if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Bad parameters for download_to" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  eval set -- "$_options"
-  while true; do
-    case "$1" in
-    --no-unpack)
-      unpack=0
-      ;;
-    --strip-components)
-      shift
-      components=$1
-      tar_options="$tar_options --strip-components $components"
-      ;;
-    --)
-      shift
-      break
-      ;;
-    esac
-    shift
-  done
-
-  download_source="$1"
-  dest="$2"
-
-  (
-    cd $DATA_SUBDIR
-    tmpf=`mktemp 'tmp.XXXXXX'`
-    curl -sSL -o $tmpf "$download_source"
-    if [[ $unpack = 1 ]]; then
-      mkdir -p "$dest"
-      # Unpacking relies on tar -a unpacking any tar compression
-      tar -C "$dest" $tar_options -af $tmpf -xv
-      rm -f $tmpf
-    else
-      dest_dir=`dirname "$dest"`
-      mkdir -p "$dest_dir"
-      mv $tmpf "$dest"
-    fi
-  )
-}
-
-suggest_commands() {
-  echo "Suggested commands:"
-  echo
-  echo "git submodule update --init"
-  echo "(cd $DATA_SUBDIR && git annex init --version=7)"
-  echo "(cd $DATA_SUBDIR && git remote add nfs annex@b-lx0053.sbb.spk-berlin.de:/var/lib/annex/qurator-data.git)"
-}
-
-handle_data() {
-  if [[ "$1" = '--no-download' ]]; then
-    no_download=1
-    shift
-  else
-    no_download=0
-  fi
-
-  if [ -n "$FORCE_DOWNLOAD" ]; then
-    get_from_web
-  elif ! check_data_subdir; then
-    if [[ $no_download = 1 ]]; then
-      select choice in "Abort to manually fix $DATA_SUBDIR submodule"; do
-        if [ $REPLY = 1 ]; then
-          suggest_commands
-          exit
-        fi
-      done
-    else
-      select choice in "Abort to manually fix $DATA_SUBDIR submodule" "Download data files from the web"; do
-        if [ $REPLY = 1 ]; then
-          suggest_commands
-          exit
-        else
-          get_from_web
-          break
-        fi
-      done
-    fi
-  else
-    get_from_annex
-  fi
-}