[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="anarcat"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/4ad594c1e13211c1ad9edb81ce5110b7"
 subject="comment 2"
 date="2018-12-04T21:37:54Z"
 content="""
> If the file is locked, git-annex get has to modify it when it populates it.
> 
> git-annex is supposed to restage the file in order to update git's index. In a few cases where the index file is locked by something else, it is unable to do so and displays a warning, so perhaps that's what happened here.

Hmm... I *think* I ran `git annex unlock` on `curie` here, so all files should be unlocked. I don't know what else could be locking the index file and didn't see a warning about it. I've seen a similar situation when upgrading other repositories in the past as well... 
"""]]
