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+# aregister always includes transactions in subaccounts, ignoring a depth limit #1448
+#<
+#2021-01-01
+#  (a)  1
+#
+#2021-01-02
+#  (a:aa)  10
+#
+#2021-01-03
+#  (a:aa:aaa)  100
+#
+#$ hledger -f- areg a -1 -w80
+#Transactions in a and subaccounts:
+#2021-01-01                      a                                1             1
+#2021-01-02                      a:aa                            10            11
+#2021-01-03                      a:aa:aaa                       100           111