Hello,

i am trying to run the walkthrough on Windows 7. When i try to get the contents of a file, i only get a some git annex text string and not the real file. Both repositories are on the same ntfs filesystem. 

C:\tmp>git annex version  
git-annex version: 4.20130827-g4f18612  
build flags: Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV DNS  
local repository version: 4  
default repository version: 3  
supported repository versions: 3 4  
upgrade supported from repository versions: 2  
  
C:\tmp\server>git --version  
git version 1.8.3.msysgit.0  
   

# walkthrough.bat
    
    doskey /history > commands.log
    mkdir laptop
    cd laptop
    git init
    git annex init laptop
    cd ..
    
    git clone laptop server
    cd server
    git annex init server
    git remote add laptop c:\tmp\laptop
    
    cd ..\laptop
    git remote add server c:\tmp\server
    copy ..\1.pdf .
    git annex add 1.pdf
    git commit -m add
    dir 
    
    cd ..\server
    dir
    git fetch laptop
    git merge laptop/master
    git annex get 1.pdf
    dir
    type 1.pdf
    

# walkthrough.log

    C:\tmp>walkthrough.bat
    
    C:\tmp>doskey /history  1>commands.log
    
    C:\tmp>mkdir laptop
    
    C:\tmp>cd laptop
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>git init
    Initialized empty Git repository in C:/tmp/laptop/.git/
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>git annex init laptop
    init laptop
      Detected a crippled filesystem.
    
      Enabling direct mode.
    
      Detected a filesystem without fifo support.
    
      Disabling ssh connection caching.
    ok
    (Recording state in git...)
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>cd ..
    
    C:\tmp>git clone laptop server
    Cloning into 'server'...
    done.
    warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout.
    
    
    C:\tmp>cd server
    
    C:\tmp\server>git annex init server
    init server
      Detected a crippled filesystem.
    
      Enabling direct mode.
    
      Detected a filesystem without fifo support.
    
      Disabling ssh connection caching.
    ok
    (Recording state in git...)
    
    C:\tmp\server>git remote add laptop c:\tmp\laptop
    
    C:\tmp\server>cd ..\laptop
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>git remote add server c:\tmp\server
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>copy ..\1.pdf .
            1 file(s) copied.
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>git annex add 1.pdf
    add 1.pdf (checksum...) ok
    (Recording state in git...)
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>git commit -m add
    [master (root-commit) 7ad1514] add
     1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
     create mode 120000 1.pdf
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>dir
     Volume in drive C has no label.
     Volume Serial Number is x
    
     Directory of C:\tmp\laptop
    
    09/01/2013  11:03 AM    <DIR>          .
    09/01/2013  11:03 AM    <DIR>          ..
    08/30/2013  12:43 PM            37,500 1.pdf
                   1 File(s)         37,500 bytes
                   2 Dir(s)   7,698,817,024 bytes free
    
    C:\tmp\laptop>cd ..\server
    
    C:\tmp\server>dir
     Volume in drive C has no label.
     Volume Serial Number is x
    
     Directory of C:\tmp\server
    
    09/01/2013  11:03 AM    <DIR>          .
    09/01/2013  11:03 AM    <DIR>          ..
                   0 File(s)              0 bytes
                   2 Dir(s)   7,698,817,024 bytes free
    
    C:\tmp\server>git fetch laptop
    remote: Counting objects: 9, done.
    remote: Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
    remote: Total 8 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
    Unpacking objects: 100% (8/8), done.
    From c:\tmp\laptop
     * [new branch]      git-annex  -> laptop/git-annex
     * [new branch]      master     -> laptop/master
    
    C:\tmp\server>git merge laptop/master
    
    C:\tmp\server>git annex get 1.pdf
    get 1.pdf (merging laptop/git-annex origin/git-annex into git-annex...)
    (Recording state in git...)
    (from laptop...)
    1.pdf
           37500 100%    4.51MB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)
    
    sent 37573 bytes  received 31 bytes  75208.00 bytes/sec
    total size is 37500  speedup is 1.00
    ok
    (Recording state in git...)
    
    C:\tmp\server>dir
     Volume in drive C has no label.
     Volume Serial Number is x
    
     Directory of C:\tmp\server
    
    09/01/2013  11:03 AM    <DIR>          .
    09/01/2013  11:03 AM    <DIR>          ..
    09/01/2013  11:03 AM               194 1.pdf
                   1 File(s)            194 bytes
                   2 Dir(s)   7,698,767,872 bytes free
    
    C:\tmp\server>type 1.pdf
    .git/annex/objects/kM/0q/SHA256E-s37500--32d8190c7e189d45f48245a100e4cc981ea1bbc
    02ac8bfa6188db73e41ce06f3.pdf/SHA256E-s37500--32d8190c7e189d45f48245a100e4cc981e
    a1bbc02ac8bfa6188db73e41ce06f3.pdfC:\tmp\server>
    C:\tmp\server>