[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joey.kitenet.net/"
 nickname="joey"
 subject="comment 1"
 date="2011-07-07T20:27:33Z"
 content="""
When I reproduce this, the file is not gone, it's been moved under .git/annex/objects. There is no way an add can delete a file, since all it does is rename it. It would be good for it to error unwind and move the file back though.

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joey@gnu:~/tmp/a>touch 663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif
joey@gnu:~/tmp/a>git annex add *.gif
add 663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif failed
git-annex: /home/joey/tmp/a/.git/annex/tmp/8e2_6a4_WORM-s0-m1310069979--663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif.log: openBinaryFile: invalid argument (File name too long)
joey@gnu:~/tmp/a>touch 663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif
joey@gnu:~/tmp/a>git annex add *.gif
add 663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif failed
git-annex: /home/joey/tmp/a/.git/annex/tmp/8e2_6a4_WORM-s0-m1310069979--663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif.log: openBinaryFile: invalid argument (File name too long)
joey@gnu:~/tmp/a>find .git/annex/objects -type f
.git/annex/objects/Mk/92/WORM-s0-m1310069979--663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif/WORM-s0-m1310069979--663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif
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"""]]