**Premise:** I've had this problem before 5.20140709-gc75193e and when the [ugly bug](http://git-annex.branchable.com/devblog/day_193-194__ugly_bug/) was discovered and fixed, I updated and thought it was gone. Yet, I'm still experiencing a content removal bug, so it might be something different altogether. I should also add that I'm not really knowledgeable with the git log history tools and git-annex inner workings. I might need some help with finding the necessary information for debugging. **Bug description:** Two local computers, running Ubuntu-14.04 and Fedora-20 respectively, are paired through the assistant and functional with git annex 5.20140709. In direct mode. Most of the time, everything seems to work fine. Sometimes, *Computer A* will modify one file in its repository while the *B* is offline. When *B* comes back online both repositories will lose their copy of the modified file (I'm not sure whether this also happens when they're both online when the change happens; it doesn't look like it anyway). The rest of the data in the repository is intact. This does not happen every time and I haven't been able to reproduce it consistently. Since 5.20140709 came out, it happened 2 or 3 times. Looking at 'git log --stat' in *B*: commit d9eb9e94a39 Author: COMPUTER B Date: Thu Jul 17 18:17:16 2014 +0200 shared.skg | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) commit 6fa27f08492 Author: COMPUTER A Date: Thu Jul 17 18:17:14 2014 +0200 shared.skg | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) commit d25cc793739 Author: COMPUTER A Date: Thu Jul 17 18:17:12 2014 +0200 shared.skg | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) A change is apparently deleting and rewriting the whole file (maybe that's normal because it's a binary (encrypted) file?). The third most recent deletion is probably the one that shouldn't happen. Reverting "d9eb9e94a39" will only recover a placeholder, not really the original file. I can get the content back by going through *git annex unused* with *git log -S'key'*, then going to indirect mode, and then using *addunused*. **daemon.log transcript** [[!format sh """ [2014-07-17 18:13:17 CEST] main: starting assistant version 5.20140709-gc75193e [2014-07-17 18:13:17 CEST] Cronner: You should enable consistency checking to protect your data. [2014-07-17 18:13:55 CEST] TransferScanner: Syncing with asus.local_sincro (scanning...) [2014-07-17 18:13:55 CEST] Watcher: Performing startup scan p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (started...) p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory gpg: Signature made gio 17 lug 2014 18:02:09 CEST using DSA key ID 89C809CB gpg: /tmp/git-annex-gpg.tmp.0/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: Good signature from "git-annex distribution signing key (for Joey Hess) " gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: 4005 5C6A FD2D 526B 2961 E78F 5EE1 DBA7 89C8 09CB [2014-07-17 18:13:58 CEST] Upgrader: An upgrade of git-annex is available. (version 5.20140716) Everything up-to-date git-annex-shell: key is already present in annex rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.0] ########## SYNCING STARTS HERE ########### [2014-07-17 18:17:12 CEST] RemoteControl: Syncing with asus.local_sincro From ssh://git-annex-asus.local-USER-A_22_sincro/~/sincro 51815ea..d25cc79 annex/direct/master -> asus.local_sincro/annex/direct/master 0391880..49efa5f git-annex -> asus.local_sincro/git-annex 51815ea..d25cc79 master -> asus.local_sincro/master 51815ea..d25cc79 synced/master -> asus.local_sincro/synced/master [2014-07-17 18:17:15 CEST] RemoteControl: Syncing with asus.local_sincro Automatic merge went well; stopped before committing as requested Removing shared.skg From ssh://git-annex-asus.local-USER-A_22_sincro/~/sincro d25cc79..6fa27f0 annex/direct/master -> asus.local_sincro/annex/direct/master d25cc79..6fa27f0 master -> asus.local_sincro/master d25cc79..6fa27f0 synced/master -> asus.local_sincro/synced/master [2014-07-17 18:17:16 CEST] Committer: Committing changes to git [2014-07-17 18:17:16 CEST] Pusher: Syncing with asus.local_sincro To ssh://USER-A@git-annex-asus.local-USER-A_22_sincro/~/sincro/ 0391880..8d1c927 git-annex -> synced/git-annex 6fa27f0..d9eb9e9 annex/direct/master -> synced/master [2014-07-17 18:17:17 CEST] RemoteControl: Syncing with asus.local_sincro From ssh://git-annex-asus.local-USER-A_22_sincro/~/sincro 49efa5f..e328661 git-annex -> asus.local_sincro/git-annex [2014-07-17 18:17:20 CEST] RemoteControl: Syncing with asus.local_sincro From ssh://git-annex-asus.local-USER-A_22_sincro/~/sincro 6fa27f0..d9eb9e9 annex/direct/master -> asus.local_sincro/annex/direct/master e328661..32e44ce git-annex -> asus.local_sincro/git-annex # End of transcript or log. 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