[[!comment format=mdwn username="joey" subject="""comment 2""" date="2016-03-01T20:36:43Z" content=""" Here's a more minimal test case, not involving git-annex at all: git init gitdir mkdir worktree cd worktree ln -s ../gitdir/.git .git git submodule add /any/git/repo sub fatal: Could not chdir to '../../../sub': No such file or directory I have forwarded that test case to the git ML. """]]