[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmRFKwny4rArBaz-36xTcsJYqKIgdDaw5Q"
 nickname="Andrew"
 subject="comment 2"
 date="2013-01-28T23:26:27Z"
 content="""
This actually explains an interesting quirk (I wouldn't necessarily call it a bug) that results because of annex's handling of .gitignore:

    %  › git annex import ~/Downloads/BoxcarMac.dmg
    import BoxcarMac.dmg (checksum...) ok
    (Recording state in git...)
    The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:
    BoxcarMac.dmg
    Use -f if you really want to add them.
    fatal: no files added
    
    git-annex: user error (xargs [\"-0\",\"git\",\"--git-dir=/Users/akraut/Desktop/annexes/test/.git\",\"--work-tree=/Users/akraut/Desktop/annexes/test\",\"add\",\"--\"] exited 1)
    failed
    git-annex: import: 1 failed
    
    %  › ls -l
    total 8
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 akraut staff 198 Jan 28 15:01 BoxcarMac.dmg -> .git/annex/objects/K4/Q8/SHA256E-s6240024--2d3b032f29c8411f81f9379bd79abfa713b66b9783559ef48cd945ab418e97a3.dmg/SHA256E-s6240024--2d3b032f29c8411f81f9379bd79abfa713b66b9783559ef48cd945ab418e97a3.dmg
    -rw-r--r-- 1 akraut staff   0 Jan 28 14:56 README
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 akraut staff 200 Jan 28 14:58 Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg -> .git/annex/objects/vj/55/SHA256E-s21772874--eb01484d832a9dc5b8fdecacdccabc4ef28fb17a2e20bc2837ccc43a69df30c5.dmg/SHA256E-s21772874--eb01484d832a9dc5b8fdecacdccabc4ef28fb17a2e20bc2837ccc43a69df30c5.dmg
    
    %  › cp ~/Downloads/Wireshark\ 1.8.4\ Intel\ 64.dmg .
    
    %  › git annex add Wireshark\ 1.8.4\ Intel\ 64.dmg
    (Recording state in git...)
    
    %  › ls -l
    total 21264
    -rw-r--r-- 1 akraut staff        0 Jan 28 14:56 README
    -rw-r--r-- 1 akraut staff 21772874 Jan 28 14:58 Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg
    
    %  › git annex import Wireshark\ 1.8.4\ Intel\ 64.dmg
    import Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg git-annex: not overwriting existing Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg (use --force to override)
    
    %  › git annex import --force Wireshark\ 1.8.4\ Intel\ 64.dmg
    import Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg (checksum...) ok
    (Recording state in git...)
    
    %  › ls
    README  Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg@
    
    %  › git annex sync
    commit  
    [master 0a17811] git-annex automatic sync
     1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
     create mode 120000 Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg
    ok
    
    %  › ls -l
    total 4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 akraut staff   0 Jan 28 14:56 README
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 akraut staff 200 Jan 28 14:58 Wireshark 1.8.4 Intel 64.dmg -> .git/annex/objects/vj/55/SHA256E-s21772874--eb01484d832a9dc5b8fdecacdccabc4ef28fb17a2e20bc2837ccc43a69df30c5.dmg/SHA256E-s21772874--eb01484d832a9dc5b8fdecacdccabc4ef28fb17a2e20bc2837ccc43a69df30c5.dmg
"""]]