[[!comment format=mdwn username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl9sYlePmv1xK-VvjBdN-5doOa_Xw-jH4U" nickname="Richard" subject="comment 2" date="2014-03-26T22:39:34Z" content=""" Sorry, I had to remove the fixed tag. The bug makes sense, as does your fix. I didn't even consider that this may be the cause. Still, `git remote rm` and `git annex forget --drop-dead --force` does not seem to be enough to truly get rid of the repo (and its UUID & state): [[!format sh \"\"\" richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git annex info repository mode: indirect trusted repositories: 0 semitrusted repositories: 4 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 -- web 070cff8a-6302-4aa7-a63c-3fdd34e598a2 -- amazon_s3_us_east--SHA512E 0bae683f-bede-43dd-a815-c4f8fb6db32d -- aws_s3_us_east--SHA512E 92e9fac9-97ec-401f-a421-33f6b4f43e47 -- here (apu.debconf.org/srv/video/conference_videos.annex) untrusted repositories: 0 transfers in progress: none available local disk space: 136.3 gigabytes (+1 megabyte reserved) local annex keys: git4392 local annex size: 884.64 gigabytes annexed files in working tree: am4628 size of annexed files in working tree: 885.68 gigabytes bloom filter size: 16 mebibytes (0.9% full) backend usage: SHA512E: 9020 richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git annex dead amazon_s3_us_east--SHA512E dead amazon_s3_us_east--SHA512E ok (Recording state in git...) richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git annex dead aws_s3_us_east--SHA512E dead aws_s3_us_east--SHA512E ok (Recording state in git...) richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git remote rm amazon_s3_us_east--SHA512E richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git remote rm aws_s3_us_east--SHA512E richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git annex forget --drop-dead --force forget git-annex (Recording state in git...) ok (Recording state in git...) richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git annex info repository mode: indirect trusted repositories: 0 semitrusted repositories: 2 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 -- web 92e9fac9-97ec-401f-a421-33f6b4f43e47 -- here (apu.debconf.org/srv/video/conference_videos.annex) untrusted repositories: 0 transfers in progress: none available local disk space: 136.3 gigabytes (+1 megabyte reserved) local annex keys: 4392 local annex size: 884.64 gigabytes annexed files in working tree: 4628 size of annexed files in working tree: 885.68 gigabytes bloom filter size: 16 mebibytes (0.9% full) backend usage: SHA512E: 9020 richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git annex initremote amazon_aws_s3-us_east_1--SHA512E type=S3 encryption='none' embedcreds='no' fileprefix='SHA512E/' bucket='debian-video' initremote amazon_aws_s3-us_east_1--SHA512E (checking bucket...) git-annex: This bucket is already in use by a different S3 special remote, with UUID: 0bae683f-bede-43dd-a815-c4f8fb6db32d richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % cat .git/annex cat: .git/annex: Ist ein Verzeichnis richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % cat .git/config [core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare = false logallrefupdates = true [annex] uuid = 92e9fac9-97ec-401f-a421-33f6b4f43e47 version = 5 richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % git annex info 537 23:33:37 Mi 26.03.2014 repository mode: indirect trusted repositories: 0 semitrusted repositories: 2 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 -- web 92e9fac9-97ec-401f-a421-33f6b4f43e47 -- here (apu.debconf.org/srv/video/conference_videos.annex) untrusted repositories: 0 transfers in progress: none available local disk space: 136.3 gigabytes (+1 megabyte reserved) local annex keys: 4392 local annex size: 884.64 gigabytes annexed files in working tree: 4628 size of annexed files in working tree: 885.68 gigabytes bloom filter size: 16 mebibytes (0.9% full) backend usage: SHA512E: 9020 richih@apu [2] [0] (git)-[master] /srv/video/video.debian.net % \"\"\"]] """]]