[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmz9DnN5ESPLLRN0Q5a6fpELMFTYSkWTFs"
 nickname="Steve"
 subject="Stock RHEL git-annex is old & buggy"
 date="2014-04-23T17:35:29Z"
 content="""
The stock git-annex bundled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux server (release 6.5) contains the old, buggy version that throws the \"No such file or directory\" error described above. The RHEL 6.5 version is:

    $ git annex version
    git-annex version: 3.20120523
    local repository version: 3
    default repository version: 3
    supported repository versions: 3
    upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2

Installing a more recent version (such as 5.20140411-gda795e0) solves the problem.

"""]]