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+`git annex find --unlocked` reports also not just files which are known to `git-annex` as unlocked, but also files which were regular "locked" (symlinks) but are modified in the tree:
+
+
+
+here is a reproducer script
+
+```shell
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd "$(mktemp -d ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/dl-XXXXXXX)"
+set -eu
+
+git init
+git annex init
+
+echo 123 > 123
+git annex add 123
+git commit -m 'commit 123 locked'
+git annex unlock 123
+git commit -m 'commit 123 unlocked' 123
+
+set -x
+git annex find --unlocked # should show 123
+
+git status # should show all clean
+
+# let's create another file which we just modify
+
+echo 124 > 124
+git annex add 124
+git commit -m 'committing 124 locked' 124
+rm 124
+touch 124
+
+git annex find --unlocked # will report both 123 and 124
+git status
+
+```
+
+
+which with git-annex `8.20211231+git140-gc3817495f-1~ndall+1` would produce at the end
+
+```
++ git commit -m 'committing 124 locked' 124
+[master b58274c] committing 124 locked
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+ create mode 120000 124
++ rm 124
++ touch 124
++ git annex find --unlocked
+123
+124
++ git status
+On branch master
+Changes not staged for commit:
+ (use "git add ..." to update what will be committed)
+ (use "git restore ..." to discard changes in working directory)
+ typechange: 124
+
+no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
+```
+
+and I do not think it should report `124` as unlocked. Or is there some `find` way to search only for "truly unlocked" files?