[[!comment format=mdwn username="http://joeyh.name/" ip="209.250.56.47" subject="correlation does not imply causation" date="2013-11-01T16:37:31Z" content=""" I've been using git-annex on thumbdrives for years without problems. It seems more likely to me that you have a general problem with your hardware than that one program that does nothing special is somehow at fault. """]]