[[!comment format=mdwn username="https://openid.stackexchange.com/user/8a69a637-97cb-41e6-8f45-00f08ba54d6e" nickname="Andreas Duering" avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/915cf485815ded2f7f4b68736994c185ecda8c31dd293acd16f5e21ca7db23e1" subject="comment 5" date="2017-08-16T17:16:13Z" content=""" I think I have a similar problem - especially with the drive letters. I don't need any SMB shares, though. ### What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. git init / git annex init on a ext* drive under Linux 2. git sync it to a FAT32-formatted (USB) drive 3. git annex init on the USB drive 4. add each others as remote 5. git sync each other - works fine 6. Change into a Windows system 7. git annex add some files 8. Change back to a Linux system 9. git annex sync from the annex repository on USB 10. git annex sync from the linux-side now, if I do ls -l: $ ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 me me 208 Aug 16 18:54 version2.win.txt -> G:/annex2/.git/annex/objects/j1/0J/SHA256E-s846--e46ff540d59e80b419798a53d6d97313a5e04b94f9708168a3d371be1ccd635c.win.txt/SHA256E-s846--e46ff540d59e80b419798a53d6d97313a5e04b94f9708168a3d371be1ccd635c.win.txt note the g:\, which was the Windows drive letter. git annex get worked fine for me: $ git annex get version2.win.txt get version2.win.txt (from usb...) version2.win.txt 846 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=0/1) (checksum...) ok (recording state in git...) However, the link is still broken (same ls -l output) $ stat version2.win.txt File: 'version2.win.txt' -> 'G:/annex2/.git/annex/objects/j1/0J/SHA256E-s846--e46ff540d59e80b419798a53d6d97313a5e04b94f9708168a3d371be1ccd635c.win.txt/SHA256E-s846--e46ff540d59e80b419798a53d6d97313a5e04b94f9708168a3d371be1ccd635c.win.txt' Size: 208 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link Device: 81bh/2075d Inode: 1200146 Links: 1 Access: (0777/lrwxrwxrwx) Uid: ( 1000/ me) Gid: ( 1000/ me) Access: 2017-08-16 18:54:11.479490622 +0200 Modify: 2017-08-16 18:54:11.479490622 +0200 Change: 2017-08-16 18:54:11.479490622 +0200 Birth: - $ cat version2.win.txt cat: version2.win.txt: No such file or directory ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? Gentoo: git-annex version: 6.20170611-gb493ac8d3 build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Quvi dependency versions: aws-0.14.1 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.20 DAV-1.3.1 feed-0.3.11.1 ghc-8.0.1 http-client-0.4.31.1 persistent-sqlite-2.6 torrent-10000.0.0 uuid-1.3.12 yesod-1.4.3 key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository versions: 3 5 6 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5 operating system: linux x86_64 Windows 10: git-annex version: 6.20170611-gb493ac8 build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser Feeds Quvi dependency versions: aws-0.14.0 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.7 DAV-1.3.1 feed-0.3.11.1 ghc-7.10.2 http-client-0.4.31.1 persistent-sqlite-2.2 torrent-10000.0.0 uuid-1.3.12 yesod-1.4.3 key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository versions: 3 5 6 upgrade supported from repository versions: 2 3 4 5 operating system: mingw32 i386 """]]