### Please describe the problem. fsck doesn't not update the inventory for external special remotes This is perhaps the same behavior on all special remotes, but I have not verified it. ### What steps will reproduce the problem? Run fsck or fsck -F on a special remote on which the file has been deleted outside of git-annex's knowledge. The file will fail the existence check, but not update the inventory (i.e. git-annex-whereis/git-annex-list still thinks the file might reside on that remote). ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? [[!format sh """ $ git annex version git-annex version: 5.20151208-1build1 build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA TorrentParser Database 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 version: 5 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4 $ dpkg -l | grep git-annex ii git-annex 5.20151208-1build1 amd64 manage files with git, without checking their contents into git $ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS """]] ### 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 myuser:/var/data/my_photos$ git annex fsck --from fabric 2010/wedding_photos/00017.jpg fsck 2010/wedding_video/00017.jpg () failed (recording state in git...) myuser:/var/data/my_photos$ git annex list 2010/wedding_photos/00017.jpg here (untrusted) |web ||bittorrent |||fabric (untrusted) |||| x__x 2010/wedding_photos/00017.jpg # End of transcript or log. """]] ### Why I care about this problem Some files in my external special remote got removed outside of git-annex's knowledge. I would like to copy back in the files that are missing, but I am having a hard time doing so. git-annex-copy also notices that the file fails the existence check, but doesn't bother trying to re-upload the file. ### 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) git-annex is fantastic! It is the only program that I trust to store my most precious files. If there is another way to get git-annex to update its inventory for files removed in special remotes I will gladly try it! Keep up the good work! > [[done]] notabug --[[Joey]]