After updating git annex from version 6.20160613 to 6.20161011 on my Archlinux machine, the assistant crashes while scanning the files for transfer.

I'm using a v6 repository. My repositories can be synced perfectly on the command line, only the assistant keeps crashing.

Here is the daemon.log:

[[!format sh """
[2016-10-18 11:49:59.482873] main: starting assistant version 6.20161011-ge2dcbe6
[2016-10-18 11:50:05.181469] TransferScanner: Syncing with annexsyncbackup, origin 

  No known network monitor available through dbus; falling back to polling

From /media/backup/annex-backup/annex
   318e381..9cc5e23  git-annex  -> annexsyncbackup/git-annex
(merging annexsyncbackup/git-annex into git-annex...)
From ssh://FOO/annex-sync
   318e381..81ac41f  git-annex  -> origin/git-annex
(merging origin/git-annex into git-annex...)
(recording state in git...)
To /media/backup/annex-backup/annex
   318e381..a4931de  git-annex -> synced/git-annex
To ssh://FOO/annex-sync.git
   318e381..a4931de  git-annex -> synced/git-annex
(started...) 
[2016-10-18 11:50:12.364643] Committer: Committing changes to git
(recording state in git...)
[2016-10-18 11:50:12.464943] Pusher: Syncing with annexsyncbackup, origin 
Everything up-to-date
Everything up-to-date
TransferScanner crashed: fd:47: commitBuffer: invalid argument (invalid character)
[2016-10-18 11:50:15.016862] TransferScanner: warning TransferScanner crashed: fd:47: commitBuffer: invalid argument (invalid character)
"""]]

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