### Please describe the problem. Not sure how I created this mess. But here, I have my git annex repository: $ cat .git/config [annex] uuid = 206e9fb3-0c68-4c45-a3d7-dad1d9425d28 version = 5 And judging from this, I would expect the file to be present: $ git annex log Movies/Bad\ Taste\ -\ Englisch.avi - 2015-10-28 20:51:42 Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi | f53b3f8a-0f04-11e1-93ae-136c6986c818 -- jeff-media [kent] + 2014-10-13 00:12:50 Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi | 206e9fb3-0c68-4c45-a3d7-dad1d9425d28 -- 1T + 2011-12-24 13:38:23 Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi | 9dd8c662-296d-11e1-b28a-f3c66fd5e263 -- 500G - 2011-12-18 14:59:38 Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi | 9dd8c662-296d-11e1-b28a-f3c66fd5e263 -- 500G + 2011-12-18 12:48:17 Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi | 9dd8c662-296d-11e1-b28a-f3c66fd5e263 -- 500G + 2011-11-14 22:15:57 Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi | f53b3f8a-0f04-11e1-93ae-136c6986c818 -- jeff-media [kent] $ ls -l Movies/Bad\ Taste\ -\ Englisch.avi lrwxrwxrwx 1 jojo jojo 135 Okt 7 2014 Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi -> ../.git/annex/objects/Wx/P0/WORM-s723351552-m1100368371--Bad Taste - Englisch.avi/WORM-s723351552-m1100368371--Bad Taste - Englisch.avi $ ls -shL Movies/Bad\ Taste\ -\ Englisch.avi 690M Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi But git annex seems to be very confused: $ git annex whereis Movies/Bad\ Taste\ -\ Englisch.avi whereis Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi (0 copies) failed git-annex: whereis: 1 failed $ git annex list Movies/Bad\ Taste\ -\ Englisch.avi here |kent-direct ||kent |||web ||||bittorrent ||||| _____ Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi $ git annex fsck Movies/Bad\ Taste\ -\ Englisch.avi fsck Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi (fixing location log) ** No known copies exist of Movies/Bad Taste - Englisch.avi failed (recording state in git...) git-annex: fsck: 1 failed The `fsck` call does not change anything about the problem. File system is ext4. ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? git-annex version: 5.20151019-1, Debian unstable. > improved fsck output [[done]] --[[Joey]]