[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="CandyAngel"
 ip="81.111.193.130"
 subject="comment 1"
 date="2014-07-17T15:43:03Z"
 content="""
Joey has pointed me to the solution.

git-annex was remembering these files due to them being present in *.git/annex/index*.

A simple `rm .git/annex/index` after moving the git-annex branch to the earlier commit prevents the \"ghost\" log files from being recreated and Joey confirmed this is safe to do (git-annex automatically recreates it).
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