[[!comment format=mdwn username="http://joeyh.name/" ip="209.250.56.2" subject="comment 1" date="2014-07-10T18:48:17Z" content=""" Reproduced. `git annex sync --content` has the same problem. Of course, both it and the assistant *do* check if files can be dropped. For some reason, it is deciding it is not safe to drop the file. """]]