[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="Dwk"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/65fade4f1582ef3f00e9ad6ae27dae56"
 subject="annexed -> normal git does not work if annexed file was unlocked"
 date="2019-10-05T01:45:14Z"
 content="""
The sequence of commands given to shift an unlocked annexed file to normal git (for instance a file annexed by mistake due to the new git-add behaviour), namely

    git annex unlock file
    git -c annex.largefiles=nothing add file
    git commit file

does not work if the file is unmodified, as git sees no change to commit. In this case, I believe one should replace the first command with

    git annex unannex file

"""]]