[[!comment format=mdwn username="http://joeyh.name/" ip="4.152.108.220" subject="comment 1" date="2013-09-25T18:57:25Z" content=""" Worse than being stuck partway converted, it fails in such a way that the file you can't write to is left stuck in .git/annex/objects/ without a symlink pointint to it. Here is how to recover: 1. run `git annex direct` 2. run `git annex indirect` 3. run `git annex direct` 4. run `git annex indirect` 5. run `git revert HEAD` 6. run `git annex direct` 7. fix the permission of the file 8. run `git annex indirect` Please don't ask me why this works, but it will.. """]]