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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+(small) identical files fail to unannex, leaving broken symlinks, except for the first copy.
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+* Have multiple identical files.  For example, run this, which creates four 6-byte files:
+
+> echo Hello>file1.txt && cp file1.txt file2.txt && cp file1.txt file3.txt && cp file1.txt file4.txt
+
+* Run this (git init needs credentials to have been specified though)
+
+> git init && git-annex init && git-annex add
+
+Now there are 4 symlinks, pointing to the same object:
+
+> lrwxrwxrwx 1 186 Aug 16 15:54 file1.txt -> .git/annex/objects/31/XV/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt
+
+* Optionally run "git commit -a".  It doesn't affect the outcome.
+
+* Run git-annex unannex
+
+>     $ git annex unannex
+>     unannex file1.txt ok
+>     (Recording state in git...)
+>     $ 
+
+Now file1.txt is a normal 6-byte file again, but 2, 3, and 4 are broken symlinks:
+
+    -rw-r----- 1   6 Aug 16 15:54 file1.txt
+    lrwxrwxrwx 1 186 Aug 16 15:54 file2.txt -> .git/annex/objects/31/XV/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt
+    lrwxrwxrwx 1 186 Aug 16 15:54 file3.txt -> .git/annex/objects/31/XV/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt
+    lrwxrwxrwx 1 186 Aug 16 15:54 file4.txt -> .git/annex/objects/31/XV/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt/SHA256E-s6--66a045b452102c59d840ec097d59d9467e13a3f34f6494e539ffd32c1bb35f18.txt
+
+    $ git-annex fsck
+    fsck file2.txt 
+      ** No known copies exist of file2.txt
+    failed
+    fsck file3.txt 
+      ** No known copies exist of file3.txt
+    failed
+    fsck file4.txt 
+      ** No known copies exist of file4.txt
+    failed
+    git-annex: fsck: 3 failed
+
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+git-annex 4.20130802 package
+
+on Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid (testing), amd64.