### Please describe the problem. #### git annex unused fails with the message: ... 86731 SHA256E-s13243--a6c5fe9710975e0b0ca01ec0b7eca6068a01b1b1c06adbd8ad7921e26d3b076d.h 86732 SHA256E-s12872--f50b73d313a116ea21649d684f601840dbc8ed3c264165dd77fa5d54a1c57464.c 86733 SHA256E-s6557264--6b502d56378b9919fd3c54c3bb2dc2906a326be8e9d477a8f3518419929f4706.dll 86734 SHA256E-s141--c6227fe715dab2b4447b6e43af2b170ac66d82043aa81a14013c56be922e11db.out 86735 SHA256E-s6564--ec4bcd833d071fff7d8cc81b908558acdeae2c9ba62f7d65b584effe6b36a8c6.c git-annex: /bluepool/data/.git/annex/unused32594.tmp: commitBuffer: invalid argument (invalid character) failed git-annex: unused: 1 failed #### A subsequent git annex dropunused does not work (there are 86735 files unused). A simple: "git annex dropunused 1-10" produces: git-annex: 1 not valid (run git annex unused for list) #### It seems that the list of unused files was not saved (committed) ### What steps will reproduce the problem? I suspect it can be reproduced by having files with non-english characters. This should be the sequence of commands to reproduce if one knew the invalid character: git init . git annex init . touch "Invalid character in file name" git annex add "Invalid character in file name" git commit git rm "Invalid character in file name" git commit git unused However, I usually have "git annex watch" running so this might also have an influence on how (maybe not-escaped) filenames are added. ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? git annex standalone: git-annex version: 5.20140306-g6e2e021 build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus XMPP Feeds Quvi TDFA CryptoHash key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web webdav tahoe glacier hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository version: 5 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4 Ubuntu Raring: Linux i3 3.11.4-031104-generic ### Please provide any additional information below. I guess I could provide the full output of git annex unused but I would rather not put it into this bug report for privacy reasons. [[!format sh """ # If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here. # If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log # End of transcript or log. """]] > [[closing|done]], would still be nice to have verification my fix worked. > --[[Joey]]