Goal for today was to make `git annex sync --content` operate on files hidden by `git annex adjust --hide-missing`. However, this got into the weeds pretty quickly due to the problem of how to handle `--content-of=path` when either the whole path or some files within it may be hidden. Eventually I discovered that `git ls-files --with-tree` can be used to get a combined list of files in the index plus files in another tree, which in git-annex's case is the original branch that got adjusted. It's not documented to work the way I'm using it (worrying), but it's perfect, because git-annex already uses `git ls-files` extensively and this could let lots of commands get support for operating on hidden files. That said, I'm going to limit it to `git annex sync` for now, because it would be a lot of work to make lots of commands support them, and there could easily be commands where supporting them adds lots of complexity or room for confusion. Demo time: joey@darkstar:/tmp> git clone ~/lib/sound/ Cloning into 'sound'... done. Checking out files: 100% (45727/45727), done. joey@darkstar:/tmp> cd sound/ joey@darkstar:/tmp/sound> git annex init --version=6 init (merging origin/git-annex origin/synced/git-annex into git-annex...) (scanning for unlocked files...) ok joey@darkstar:/tmp/sound> git annex adjust --hide-missing adjust Switched to branch 'adjusted/master(hidemissing)' ok joey@darkstar:/tmp/sound#master(hidemissing)> ls podcasts joey@darkstar:/tmp/sound#master(hidemissing)> ls podcasts feeds joey@darkstar:/tmp/sound#master(hidemissing)> git annex sync origin --no-push -C podcasts ... joey@darkstar:/tmp/sound> time git annex adjust --hide-missing adjust ok 15.03user 3.11system 0:14.95elapsed 121%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 93280maxresident)k 0inputs+88outputs (0major+12206minor)pagefaults 0swaps joey@darkstar:/tmp/sound#master(hidemissing)> ls podcasts Astronomy_Cast/ Hacking_Culture/ Benjamen_Walker_s_Theory_of_Everything/ In_Our_Time/ Clarkesworld_Magazine___Science_Fiction___Fantasy/ Lightspeed_MagazineLightspeed_Magazine___Science_Fiction___Fantasy/ DatCast/ Long_Now__Seminars_About_Long_term_Thinking/ Escape_Pod/ Love___Radio/ Gravy/ feeds Close to being able to use this on my phone. ;-)