"git annex watch" will add the file generated by "git annex map", which is probably not intended. Shouldn’t this file be created in /tmp or .git/annex/ or somewhere else? > Indeed, so [[done]] --[[Joey]] /tmp $ cd test/ /tmp/test $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test/.git/ /tmp/test $ git annex init init ok (Recording state in git...) /tmp/test $ git annex watch /tmp/test $ git annex map map /tmp/test ok running: dot -Tx11 map.dot ok /tmp/test $ ls -l insgesamt 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 jojo jojo 180 Jul 15 23:36 map.dot -> .git/annex/objects/P3/76/SHA256-s208--44199582b5948512ff12cf03de0b86fa1bebf09785dba2827fe52afee0afbe3d/SHA256-s208--44199582b5948512ff12cf03de0b86fa1bebf09785dba2827fe52afee0afbe3d