Note that dropping files in current repo (``git annex drop``) and re-getting (``git annex get``) does download the files from that remote. However, a subsequent ``git annext whereis`` again shows 1 copy --- at that remote only.
+> Because you have 2 repositories with the same annex.uuid, which is not
+> allowed. Fix your misconfigured repo to not have the same annex.uuid and
+> that won't happen. [[done]] --[[Joey]]
### What steps will reproduce the problem?
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2015-11-30T19:55:05Z"
+ content="""
+Well, you also filed the bug report
+[[Unable_to_take_transfer_lock]], where you said something about having
+copied the repository over SMB using `cp` and some kind of OSX copy and
+paste.
+
+So, if you did that, it seems likely that you have 2 git repositories with
+the same annex.uuid setting. In fact this is confirmed by [another bug
+report](http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/remote_repo_marked_as___34__here__34__/)
+you filed.
+
+Since git-annex expects each repository to have a unique annex.uuid, this
+is going to confuse it badly. Don't do that. Use `git clone` to make a clone
+of a git repository.
+"""]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 4"""
+ date="2015-11-30T20:08:10Z"
+ content="""
+@jhannwong you had [2 repos with the same annex.uuid](http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/remote_repo_marked_as___34__here__34__)
+so if you had the same problem, it was a misconfiguration on your part.
+"""]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 4"""
+ date="2015-11-30T20:00:20Z"
+ content="""
+I notice you also filed the bug report
+[[bugs/Unable_to_take_transfer_lock]], where you said something about having
+copied the repository over SMB using `cp` and some kind of OSX copy and
+paste.
+
+So, if you did that, it seems likely that you have 2 git repositories with
+the same annex.uuid setting. In fact this is confirmed by [another bug
+report](http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/remote_repo_marked_as___34__here__34__/) you filed.
+
+Since git-annex expects each repository to have a unique annex.uuid, this is
+going to confuse it badly. Don't do that. Use `git clone` to make a clone of
+a git repository.
+"""]]