"git annex upgrade" has lost track of some of my files. Most of them have "&" characters. The others contain "%" characters (I haven't tried the testcase below with "%" however). Testcase: # (With git annex v2) mkdir ~/testannex1 cd ~/testannex1 git init git annex init "testannex1" touch '02 - Afternoons & Coffeespoons.mp3' touch 'no ampersand.mp3' git annex add '02 - Afternoons & Coffeespoons.mp3' git annex add 'no ampersand.mp3' git commit -m added git annex whereis '02 - Afternoons & Coffeespoons.mp3' git annex whereis 'no ampersand.mp3' # (Upgrade git-annex binary to v3 and then...) git annex upgrade git annex whereis '02 - Afternoons & Coffeespoons.mp3' git annex whereis 'no ampersand.mp3' This produces: 12:38:40 ~/testannex1 (master)$ git annex whereis '02 - Afternoons & Coffeespoons.mp3' whereis 02 - Afternoons & Coffeespoons.mp3 (0 copies) failed git-annex: 1 failed 12:38:40 ~/testannex1 (master)$ git annex whereis 'no ampersand.mp3' whereis no ampersand.mp3 (1 copy) a7b680fc-a8d0-11e0-b0fe-4f94e86d1fb7 -- testannex1 <-- here ok [[!tag done]]