Basically, this is how it looks now (this is part of my music collection, but there are other directories with the same symptoms): simon@simon-desktop /run/media/simon/TOSHIBA EXT/Stuff/Music/Amy Kuney - Breaking Bad Habits EP (2006) ±annex/direct/master » ls -l insgesamt 4 -rwxrwxrwx 1 simon simon 196 7. Dez 13:37 01 So Help Me God.mp3 -rwxrwxrwx 1 simon simon 196 7. Dez 13:37 02 Sore Loser.mp3 -rwxrwxrwx 1 simon simon 196 7. Dez 13:37 03 How The Wind Must Feel.mp3 -rwxrwxrwx 1 simon simon 196 7. Dez 13:37 04 Sold Out.mp3 -rwxrwxrwx 1 simon simon 196 7. Dez 13:37 05 In The Dark.mp3 -rwxrwxrwx 1 simon simon 196 7. Dez 13:37 06 Breaking Bad Habits.mp3 -rwxrwxrwx 1 simon simon 196 7. Dez 13:37 AmyKuneyEP.jpg simon@simon-desktop /run/media/simon/TOSHIBA EXT/Stuff/Music/Amy Kuney - Breaking Bad Habits EP (2006) ±annex/direct/master » cat 01\ So\ Help\ Me\ God.mp3 ../../.git/annex/objects/M5/Pq/SHA256E-s213--96db10197b716998d35576c39fc2468bd197b5a4ba2bec14a78454b278d96498.mp3/SHA256E-s213--96db10197b716998d35576c39fc2468bd197b5a4ba2bec14a78454b278d96498.mp3% simon@simon-desktop /run/media/simon/TOSHIBA EXT/Stuff/Music/Amy Kuney - Breaking Bad Habits EP (2006) ±annex/direct/master » ls ../../.git/annex/objects/M5 ls: Zugriff auf ../../.git/annex/objects/M5 nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden simon@simon-desktop /run/media/simon/TOSHIBA EXT/Stuff/Music/Amy Kuney - Breaking Bad Habits EP (2006) ±annex/direct/master » find ../../.git/annex | grep 96db10197b716998d3557 2 ↵ ../../.git/annex/objects/a5b/e78/SHA256E-s213--96db10197b716998d35576c39fc2468bd197b5a4ba2bec14a78454b278d96498.mp3 ../../.git/annex/objects/a5b/e78/SHA256E-s213--96db10197b716998d35576c39fc2468bd197b5a4ba2bec14a78454b278d96498.mp3/SHA256E-s213--96db10197b716998d35576c39fc2468bd197b5a4ba2bec14a78454b278d96498.mp3.map simon@simon-desktop /run/media/simon/TOSHIBA EXT/Stuff/Music/Amy Kuney - Breaking Bad Habits EP (2006) ±annex/direct/master » git annex info repository mode: direct So, I only have a bunch of text files containing file paths. The actual files are in .git/annex/objects somewhere, but not exactly in the path specified in those text files. I'm not sure how it ended up that way, I'm in direct mode after all. For starters, I would like to know how I can repair this mess.