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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+When starting an git annex webapp in my documents repository, i get the error message, that the watcher thread has died. The error message seems to be arising from the fact, that a watcher thread for an empty string should be started, which does not work.
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+I've no idea, how to reproduce this in another repostory.
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+ii  git-annex  4.20130709   i386   manage files with git, without checking their contents into git
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+[[!format sh """
+# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
+# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log
+
+Watcher crashed: addWatch: does not exist (No such file or directory)
+[2013-07-14 10:30:35 CEST] Watcher: warning Watcher crashed: addWatch: does not exist (No such file or directory)
+
+# End of transcript or log.
+"""]]