### Please describe the problem. Cannot lock files which are not present. This prevents converting v6 files from flat files to symlinks when they are missing. If a file is not present, locking it should either replace it with a broken symlink, or continue on to the next file with a warning. ### What steps will reproduce the problem? I think this happened from unlocking a file in one v6 repo and syncing with a different v6 repo, perhaps via a v5 repo in the middle. In repo #2, the file became unlocked but missing for me. ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? 6.20160528-g191d2ba on linux ### Please provide any additional information below. [[!format sh """ # I am trying to lock all files in my repo to downgrade from v6 back to v5, for stability $ git annex lock lock git/bup.git/bupindex.hlink git-annex: content not present; cannot lock # but I cannot """]] ### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders) > Well, that was simply not implemented, but I've done so now. (unlocking > too). [[done]] --[[Joey]]