Please describe the problem.

Files added/modified in an adjusted(unlocked) branch get added as locked (symlink) files to the related branch, without honoring the annex.addunlocked setting.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

#!/bin/sh -x
set -x
test -e testrepo && chmod +w -R testrepo && rm -rf testrepo
git -c init.defaultBranch=main init testrepo
cd testrepo
git annex init
git annex config --set annex.addunlocked true
echo content > README.md
git annex assist
git annex adjust --unlock
echo "changed on adjusted(unlocked) branch" > README.md
git annex assist
git switch main
file README.md # should be an unlocked file, but is a symlink
# README.md: symbolic link to .git/annex/objects/1z/J4/SHA256E-s37--947ef3df7717076c1cdd9c17f5fe90d69347c479e491500dac3051a4a03c6ecb.md/SHA256E-s37--947ef3df7717076c1cdd9c17f5fe90d69347c479e491500dac3051a4a03c6ecb.md

What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

# on NixOS
> git annex version
git-annex version: 10.20240129
build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Inotify DBus DesktopNotify TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Testsuite S3 WebDAV
dependency versions: aws-0.24.1 bloomfilter-2.0.1.2 crypton-0.32 DAV-1.3.4 feed-1.3.2.1 ghc-9.4.8 http-client-0.7.15 persistent-sqlite-2.13.2.0 torrent-10000.1.3 uuid-1.3.15 yesod-1.6.2.1
key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 BLAKE2B256E BLAKE2B256 BLAKE2B512E BLAKE2B512 BLAKE2B160E BLAKE2B160 BLAKE2B224E BLAKE2B224 BLAKE2B384E BLAKE2B384 BLAKE2BP512E BLAKE2BP512 BLAKE2S256E BLAKE2S256 BLAKE2S160E BLAKE2S160 BLAKE2S224E BLAKE2S224 BLAKE2SP256E BLAKE2SP256 BLAKE2SP224E BLAKE2SP224 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL X*
remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav adb tahoe glacier ddar git-lfs httpalso borg hook external
operating system: linux x86_64
supported repository versions: 8 9 10
upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
local repository version: 10

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)

Hell yeah, git annex rules! 💪