git-annex/doc/bugs/upgrade_to_V8_fails.mdwn

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### Please describe the problem.
Automatic upgrade fails with error messages like
git-annex: Repository /data/images is at unsupported version 7. Automatic upgrade exception! roebi.jpg: getSymbolicLinkStatus: does not exist (No such file or directory)
This is the second repository where this happens.
The problem occurs when issuing any git-annex command from the command line, like git-annex add, sync etc.
### What steps will reproduce the problem?
not clear when this happens. Both, the file and the symlink exist.
The file is symlinked from two directories within git-annex.
### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
Arch Linux
git-annex version: 8.20200226-g8bc393a63
the error first apperard in 8.20200226-5
### Please provide any additional information below.
[[!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
# End of transcript or log.
"""]]
### 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)
everything worked like a charm until this recent change
> [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]