### Please describe the problem. When I do git annex add on a directory with a filename that include a "?" I get an error: git-annex: unknown response from git cat-file ("HEAD:./Home/wc/Icon missing","HEAD:./Home/wc/Icon\r") CallStack (from HasCallStack): error, called at ./Git/CatFile.hs:86:48 in main:Git.CatFile where the file here was called "Icon?" ### What steps will reproduce the problem? mkdir test cd test git init git annex init "test" cp ~/Desktop/Icon? . ls Icon? git annex add . git-annex: unknown response from git cat-file ("HEAD:./Icon missing","HEAD:./Icon\r") CallStack (from HasCallStack): error, called at ./Git/CatFile.hs:86:48 in main:Git.CatFile ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? git-annex-6.20160619 OSX El Capitan using brew install git-annex ### Please provide any additional information below. [[!format sh """ # If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here. # If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log # End of transcript or log. """]] ### 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) > closing as this is a duplicate report of the bug [[done]] --[[Joey]]