[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joeyh.name/"
 ip="4.152.246.16"
 subject="comment 3"
 date="2012-08-31T18:52:53Z"
 content="""
Why don't you try the identical command that git-annex is running that fails:

`git --git-dir=/home/stone/annex/.git --work-tree=/home/stone/annex commit-tree 4b825dc652cb6eb9a060e64bf8d69288fbee4904`
"""]]