After updating git annex from version 6.20160613 to 6.20161011 on my Archlinux machine, the assistant crashes while scanning the files for transfer. I'm using a v6 repository. My repositories can be synced perfectly on the command line, only the assistant keeps crashing. Here is the daemon.log: [[!format sh """ [2016-10-18 11:49:59.482873] main: starting assistant version 6.20161011-ge2dcbe6 [2016-10-18 11:50:05.181469] TransferScanner: Syncing with annexsyncbackup, origin No known network monitor available through dbus; falling back to polling From /media/backup/annex-backup/annex 318e381..9cc5e23 git-annex -> annexsyncbackup/git-annex (merging annexsyncbackup/git-annex into git-annex...) From ssh://FOO/annex-sync 318e381..81ac41f git-annex -> origin/git-annex (merging origin/git-annex into git-annex...) (recording state in git...) To /media/backup/annex-backup/annex 318e381..a4931de git-annex -> synced/git-annex To ssh://FOO/annex-sync.git 318e381..a4931de git-annex -> synced/git-annex (started...) [2016-10-18 11:50:12.364643] Committer: Committing changes to git (recording state in git...) [2016-10-18 11:50:12.464943] Pusher: Syncing with annexsyncbackup, origin Everything up-to-date Everything up-to-date TransferScanner crashed: fd:47: commitBuffer: invalid argument (invalid character) [2016-10-18 11:50:15.016862] TransferScanner: warning TransferScanner crashed: fd:47: commitBuffer: invalid argument (invalid character) """]] [[!meta title="v6 repository problems with filename encoding when not in unicode locale"]] > This bug grew to encompass several problems. I believe all of them are > now [[fixed|done]]. Please reopen a new bug report if you see a problem like this > with current git-annex. --[[Joey]]