What steps will reproduce the problem? I can reproduce it locally: % annex -d add Eigene\ Bilder/ [2013-03-19 15:44:01 CET] read: git ["--git-dir=/Users/fschulze/Bilder/.git","--work-tree=/Users/fschulze/Bilder","ls-files","--others","--exclude-standard","-z","--","Eigene Bilder/"] [2013-03-19 15:44:01 CET] read: git ["--git-dir=/Users/fschulze/Bilder/.git","--work-tree=/Users/fschulze/Bilder","diff","--name-only","--diff-filter=T","-z","--","Eigene Bilder/"] add Eigene Bilder/20070311/Bild023.jpg [2013-03-19 15:44:01 CET] chat: git ["--git-dir=/Users/fschulze/Bilder/.git","--work-tree=/Users/fschulze/Bilder","check-attr","-z","-- stdin","annex.backend","annex.numcopies","--"] (checksum...) [2013-03-19 15:44:01 CET] read: sha512sum ["/Users/fschulze/Bilder/.git/annex/tmp/Bild02366551.jpg"] git-annex: user error (sha512sum ["/Users/fschulze/Bilder/.git/annex/tmp/Bild02366551.jpg"] exited 127) failed What is the expected output? What do you see instead? The file isn't added. What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? OS X from dmg git-annex version: 4.20130314 local repository version: 3 default repository version: 3 supported repository versions: 3 4 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV FsEvents XMPP DNS > The OSX app is now changed so that git-annex is a wrapper > script using runshell. This allows putting `git-annex.app/Contents/MacOS` > into PATH and using git-annex, and it will find all the libraries and > utilities bundled with it. [[done]] --[[Joey]]