`git annex get` becomes very unhappy as soon as `$PWD` is gone. The easiest way is to `git checkout git-annex` while you are getting in another tab. This results in git-annex entering an endless loop: fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory fatal: Unable to read current working directory: No such file or directory > [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]