[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="bvaa"
 subject="similar problem"
 date="2016-03-01T08:12:27Z"
 content="""
I have a similar problem on Windows 7 64bit trying to add files that are around 5GB in size. I tried repository version 5 and 6 with same results.

```
$ git annex add bigfile
add bigfile ok
(recording state in git...)

$ git annex status
fatal: Cannot handle files this big
```
git-annex version: 6.20160229-g37a89cc
build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload) WebDAV ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser Feeds Quvi
key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL
remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external
local repository version: 5
supported repository versions: 5 6
upgrade supported from repository versions: 2 3 4 5

"""]]