### Please describe the problem. only happens if file doesn't exist yet and gets downloaded (interestingly, as I reported in another report, if file exists it gets re-downloaded but this bug doesn't repeat) [[!format sh """ $> chmod a+w -R /tmp/123; rm -rf /tmp/123; mkdir /tmp/123; cd /tmp/123; git init; git annex init; Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/123/.git/ init ok (recording state in git...) $> mkfifo /tmp/pipe $> cat /tmp/pipe | git annex --debug addurl --batch --with-files ^Z [2] + 1084 suspended cat /tmp/pipe | 1085 suspended git annex --debug addurl --batch --with-files $> bg [2] - 1084 continued cat /tmp/pipe | 1085 continued git annex --debug addurl --batch --with-files $> exec 3>/tmp/pipe $> echo "http://www.onerussian.com/tmp/banner.png banner.png" >&3 [2016-01-11 22:25:34.423037] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","git-annex"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.427649] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:25:34.428067] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.432199] process done ExitSuccess $> [2016-01-11 22:25:34.432834] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","log","refs/heads/git-annex..87efc349dceb06df635c8485ef536ae11f48736c","-n1","--pretty=%H"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.438533] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:25:34.439666] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","cat-file","--batch"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.444875] read: quvi ["--version"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.452158] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:25:34.452563] call: quvi ["--verbosity","mute","--support","http://www.onerussian.com/tmp/banner.png"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.468071] process done ExitFailure 65 addurl banner.png (downloading http://www.onerussian.com/tmp/banner.png ...) [2016-01-11 22:25:34.500939] call: wget ["-q","--show-progress","--clobber","-c","-O","/tmp/123/.git/annex/tmp/URL-s25319--http&c%%www.onerussian.com%tmp%banner.png","http://www.onerussian.com/tmp/banner.png","--user-agent","git-annex/6.20160104+gitg0cf96be-1~ndall+1"] /tmp/123/.git/annex/tmp/URL-s25319--http&c%%www.on 100%[==============================================================================================================>] 24.73K --.-KB/s in 0s [2016-01-11 22:25:34.518335] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:25:34.519195] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","check-attr","-z","--stdin","annex.backend","annex.numcopies","--"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.5241] read: git ["--version"] [2016-01-11 22:25:34.527001] process done ExitSuccess ok $> git status # note that file is untracked, although it is a symlink into .git/annex/objects On branch master Initial commit Untracked files: (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed) banner.png nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) $> # closing the pipe now $> exec 3>&- (recording state in git...) [2016-01-11 22:26:02.947133] feed: xargs ["-0","git","--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","add","--"] $> [2016-01-11 22:26:02.95701] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:26:02.961588] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","hash-object","-w","--stdin-paths","--no-filters"] [2016-01-11 22:26:02.964507] feed: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","update-index","-z","--index-info"] [2016-01-11 22:26:02.971853] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:26:02.972524] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:26:02.973043] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"] [2016-01-11 22:26:02.975871] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:26:02.977613] read: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","write-tree"] [2016-01-11 22:26:02.982308] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:26:02.982744] chat: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","commit-tree","0b4d294f555bc86c17de89bca35193433408bbef","--no-gpg-sign","-p","refs/heads/git-annex"] [2016-01-11 22:26:02.990485] process done ExitSuccess [2016-01-11 22:26:02.990941] call: git ["--git-dir=.git","--work-tree=.","--literal-pathspecs","update-ref","refs/heads/git-annex","1359dc4d9296bc4f5941e7299376319899ea222c"] [2016-01-11 22:26:02.995434] process done ExitSuccess [2] - 1084 done cat /tmp/pipe | 1085 done git annex --debug addurl --batch --with-files $> git status On branch master Initial commit Changes to be committed: (use "git rm --cached ..." to unstage) new file: banner.png $> git annex version git-annex version: 6.20160104+gitg0cf96be-1~ndall+1 ... """]] [[!meta author=yoh]] > closing as not a bug [[done]] --[[Joey]]