### Please describe the problem. When following the instructions in [[tips/unlocked files]] on Mac, I am seeing an error message when smudge is run. This causes the file to end up in git's object database (`.git/objects`) instead of git annex's (`.git/annex/objects`). I tried the same steps on linux with the autobuilder version (7.20190508) and got no error and the data ended up in git annex correctly. ### What steps will reproduce the problem? [[!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 $ mkdir test-7-annex $ cd test-7-annex $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/jones/test-7-annex/.git/ $ git ci -m 'init' --allow-empty [master (root-commit) 006a611] init $ git annex init mini --version=7 init mini (scanning for unlocked files...) ok (recording state in git...) $ cp ../file.mp3 . $ git add file.mp3 error: cannot feed the input to external filter git-annex smudge --clean -- %f error: external filter git-annex smudge --clean -- %f failed $ git annex sync commit (recording state in git...) [master 48b44eb] git-annex in mini 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100755 file.mp3 ok $ du -sh .git/objects/ 3.9M .git/objects/ $ du -sh .git/annex/objects du: .git/annex/objects: No such file or directory # End of transcript or log. """]] ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? On Mac, versions 7.20190220 (latest download) or 7.20190508 (latest autobuild) ### Please provide any additional information below. ### 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) YES! Git annex is an amazing tool and it's the backbone of my long term archiving workflow. I also use it for archive management at work and it's proven to be incredibly useful. Thank you for continuing to maintain and innovate with git annex!