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+Hello!
+
+Can someone explain this behavior to me? System is ArchLinux with the newest prebuilt tarballs as of Jan 12th.
+
+     ~ % mkdir GA1
+     ~ % cd GA1
+     ~/GA1 % git init      
+    Initialized empty Git repository in /home/florian/GA1/.git/
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % git annex init
+    init  ok
+    (Recording state in git...)
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % echo "GA1" > testfile
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % git annex add .
+    add testfile ok
+    (Recording state in git...)
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % git annex sync
+    commit  ok
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % cd ..
+
+     ~ % git clone GA1 GA2
+    Cloning into 'GA2'...
+    done.
+     ~ % cd GA2
+     ~/GA2 (git)-[master] % git annex init
+    init  ok
+    (Recording state in git...)
+     ~/GA2 (git)-[master] % git annex get .
+    get testfile (merging origin/git-annex into git-annex...)
+    (Recording state in git...)
+    (from origin...) ok
+    (Recording state in git...)
+     ~/GA2 (git)-[master] % git annex unlock testfile 
+    unlock testfile (copying...) ok
+     ~/GA2 (git)-[master] % echo "GA2" > testfile 
+    commit  ok
+    pull origin 
+    ok
+    push origin 
+    Counting objects: 27, done.
+    Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
+    Compressing objects: 100% (16/16), done.
+    Writing objects: 100% (20/20), 1.88 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
+    Total 20 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0)
+    To /home/florian/GA1
+       f0654aa..8d0bdf9  master -> synced/master
+     * [new branch]      git-annex -> synced/git-annex
+    ok
+     ~/GA2 (git)-[master] % cd ../GA1
+
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % git annex sync
+    (merging synced/git-annex into git-annex...)
+    commit  ok
+    merge synced/master 
+    Updating f0654aa..8d0bdf9
+    Fast-forward
+     e6a/e57/SHA256E-s4--241dca52164d30bee7a0be8c097f02e382acff765a9d4136718a37abd437a57c.log | 1 +
+     testfile                                                                                 | 2 +-
+     2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+     create mode 100644 e6a/e57/SHA256E-s4--241dca52164d30bee7a0be8c097f02e382acff765a9d4136718a37abd437a57c.log
+    ok
+
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % ll
+    total 4
+    drwxr-x--- 1 florian florian   6 Jan 12 13:59 e6a/
+    lrwxrwxrwx 1 florian florian 178 Jan 12 13:59 testfile -> .git/annex/objects/V6/ZM/SHA256E-s4--241dca52164d30bee7a0be8c097f02e382acff765a9d4136718a37abd437a57c/SHA256E-s4--241dca52164d30bee7a0be8c097f02e382acff765a9d4136718a37abd437a57c
+
+     ~/GA1 (git)-[master] % cat e6a/e57/SHA256E-s4--241dca52164d30bee7a0be8c097f02e382acff765a9d4136718a37abd437a57c.log
+    1389531554.951523s 1 dedf9799-0131-4773-8939-8f76294fa8e9
+
+Where does the e6a directory comes from? I don't suspect a bug there, but in my conception of git-annex.
+
+Thanks!
+Florian