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+What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+ try to unlock a file in a git annex checkout
+
+What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
+
+% git annex unlock FILENAME
+unlock FILENAME (copying...) cp: illegal option -- -
+usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file target_file
+       cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-apvX] source_file ... target_directory
+git-annex: copy failed!
+
+(should unlock the file)
+
+What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+ latest git annex osx build as of yesterday (12-11-03)
+