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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+I seem to be incapable of creating an encrypted git-annex repository with the instructions provided at [[tips/fully_encrypted_git_repositories_with_gcrypt/]]. The setup step fails with *gcrypt: Repository not found: (path-to-repo)*.
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+I *think* I naively followed the tips page, but I might be wrong. Here's the minimal reproducer I could find, but originally the problem occured with an SSH remote which I thought was the culprit.
+
+    git init a
+    git init --bare b
+    cd a
+    git annex init
+    echo > foo
+    git annex add foo
+    git commit -m'test repo' 
+    git annex initremote encrypted type=gcrypt gitrepo=~/tmp/b keyid=8DC901CE64146C048AD50FBB792152527B75921E
+
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+This is Debian stretch with backports, so git-annex is actually from backports (6.20180509-1~bpo9+1):
+6.20180509-1~bpo9+1
+    git-annex version: 6.20180509
+    build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Testsuite
+    dependency versions: aws-0.14.1 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.20 DAV-1.3.1 feed-0.3.11.1 ghc-8.0.1 http-client-0.4.31.1 persistent-sqlite-2.6 torrent-10000.0.0 uuid-1.3.12 yesod-1.4.3
+    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 p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav adb tahoe glacier ddar hook external
+    local repository version: unknown
+    supported repository versions: 3 5 6
+    upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5
+    operating system: linux x86_64
+
+git-remote-gcrypt is the vanilla version from stretch (1.0.1-1).
+
+### 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
+[18]anarcat@curie:tmp$ git init a
+Dépôt Git vide initialisé dans /home/anarcat/dist/tmp/a/.git/
+[19]anarcat@curie:tmp$ git init --bare b
+Dépôt Git vide initialisé dans /home/anarcat/dist/tmp/b/
+[20]anarcat@curie:tmp$ cd a
+/home/anarcat/dist/tmp/a
+[21]anarcat@curie:a$ git annex init
+init  ok
+(recording state in git...)
+[22]anarcat@curie:a$ echo > foo
+[23]anarcat@curie:a$ git annex add foo
+add foo ok
+(recording state in git...)
+[24]anarcat@curie:a$ git commit -m'test repo' 
+[master (commit racine) f759ebe] test repo
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+ create mode 120000 foo
+[25]anarcat@curie:a$ git annex initremote encrypted type=gcrypt gitrepo=~/tmp/b keyid=8DC901CE64146C048AD50FBB792152527B75921E
+initremote encrypted (encryption setup) (to gpg keys: 792152527B75921E) gcrypt: Repository not found: /home/anarcat/tmp/b
+gcrypt: Repository not found: /home/anarcat/tmp/b
+fatal: helper gcrypt does not support --signed=if-asked
+git-annex: unable to determine gcrypt-id of remote
+# End of transcript or log.
+"""]]
+
+Note that this failure leaves the repository with an half-configured remote. Trying to rerun the setup gives this error:
+
+    git-annex: There is already a remote named "encrypted"
+
+Removing the remote seems to be sufficient to restore a working state and try again:
+
+    git remote rm encrypted
+
+I also note that the `encryption step` part takes a looong time when we try to reproduce the issue multiple time... I will report this in a separate issue.
+
+### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
+
+Of course! As you very likely know, I use git-annex daily and I'm a really happy user. :) This is, however, the first time I give gcrypt a shot.
+
+Thanks for your hard work! --[[anarcat]]