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+In my quest to get git-annex to do what I want, even if it is weird and unusual..
+
+Would it be possible for 'git annex fix' to work even on untracked symlinks (perhaps only with '--force'?), where the symlink is otherwise in a git-annexy format?
+
+This would allow me to do stuff like this:
+
+   $ cd ~/old_broken_annex
+   $ cp -t ~/other_annex/presentcheck *
+   $ cd ~/other_annex/presentcheck
+
+   ### This currently does nothing if the symlinks are untracked
+   $ git annex fix --force .
+   
+   $ find -type l -not -xtype l -print0 | xargs -0 git add
+   $ git commit -m "yay, we found some files!"
+   $ find -type l -xtype l -print0 | xargs -0 mv -t ~/files_not_found
+
+Admittedly, to do this now, you just have to stage the symlinks before you fix but there may be other situations where this is useful (and I can't think of anything else you would want 'fix --force' to do)..