follow up on this particular issue from [https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/merge-annex-branches__61__false_-_automate_and_extend/#comment-5d414fbc11cff204b9bcc93685e3bbcb](https://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/merge-annex-branches__61__false_-_automate_and_extend/#comment-5d414fbc11cff204b9bcc93685e3bbcb) .
### What steps will reproduce the problem?
Couldn't reproduce on original machine/repo since that one was updated and same error does not appear any longer.
So did from scratch on some arbitrary repo but caught another "problem" (or not -- for you to decide) that `annex` would crash if I did not init it yet:
```shell
lena:/tmp
$> umask 022
1 28194.....................................:Wed 08 Dec 2021 01:49:40 PM EST:.
error, called at ./Git/Command.hs:42:17 in main:Git.Command
1 28199 ->1.....................................:Wed 08 Dec 2021 01:50:07 PM EST:.
(git)lena:/tmp/containers[master]git
$> git annex version
git-annex version: 8.20211123
...
```
the issue is different from original but still might be worth addressing one way or another (e.g. by providing a specific informative message that it was not yet init-ed)