The following commands and the output show that a directory associated with git-annex can not be deleted. Does anybody know why it can not be deleted? Is there anything wrong? /tmp$ mkdir -p /tmp/music /tmp$ cd /tmp/music /tmp/music$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/music/.git/ /tmp/music$ git annex init 'Music on keller' init Music on keller ok (Recording state in git...) /tmp/music$ echo Hello > hello.txt /tmp/music$ git annex add --backend=SHA1 . add hello.txt ok (Recording state in git...) /tmp/music$ git commit -a -m "Imported my music collection" [master (root-commit) 433f42b] Imported my music collection 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 120000 hello.txt /tmp/music$ cd .. /tmp$ rm -rf music/ rm: cannot remove ‘music/.git/annex/objects/w8/X0/SHA1-s6--1d229271928d3f9e2bb0375bd6ce5db6c6d348d9/SHA1-s6--1d229271928d3f9e2bb0375bd6ce5db6c6d348d9’: Permission denied /tmp$ sudo rm -rf music/ /tmp$