### Please describe the problem. Created a temp repository with a submodule under 3rd/visloc referring to another annex via ssh [[!format sh """ # I have removed some output/wrong cmd calls, hopefully without side-effects hopa:/tmp/test $> cat 3rd/visloc/.git gitdir: ../../.git/modules/3rd/visloc $> git commit -m 'RF: ...' -a [master (root-commit) fc37b4f] RF: ... 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitmodules create mode 160000 3rd/visloc $> ls -l 3rd/visloc/.git -rw------- 1 yoh yoh 38 Feb 8 10:26 3rd/visloc/.git $> cat 3rd/visloc/.git gitdir: ../../.git/modules/3rd/visloc $> cd 3rd/visloc/sub-01/rois $> git annex get * fatal: Not a git repository: '../../.git' git-annex: First run: git-annex init $> cd - /tmp/test $> ls -l 3rd/visloc/.git lrwxrwxrwx 1 yoh yoh 41 Feb 8 10:43 3rd/visloc/.git -> ../../../../../../.git/modules/3rd/visloc $> git annex version git-annex version: 6.20160126+gitg65f4442-1~ndall+1 build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload) WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify XMPP ConcurrentOutput DNS TDFA TorrentParser Feeds Quvi key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository versions: 5 6 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4 5 """]] [[!meta author=yoh]] > [[fixed|done]]