Please describe the problem.

I cannot add a file that has an accent in its name. If I change the file name to not have accents, everything works.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

• create a file with an accent in its name
• "git annex status" shows the file is not checked in
• "git annex add" the file
• nothing happens, and "git annex status" still shows the file as not checked in

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

% brew info git-annex git-annex: stable 5.20151218 (bottled), HEAD

OS X 10.11.2

Please provide any additional information below.

# 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
[schmitta@charm-ecran:~/Documents/annex on master]
% git annex status
[schmitta@charm-ecran:~/Documents/annex on master]
% cat > é
foo
[schmitta@charm-ecran:~/Documents/annex on master]
% git annex status                                                            ✭
? é
[schmitta@charm-ecran:~/Documents/annex on master]
% git annex add é                                                             ✭
[schmitta@charm-ecran:~/Documents/annex on master]
% git annex status                                                            ✭
? é

# 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)

Yes, git annex is great and I use it to store videos I want to watch later but that are too big to all be stored on my laptop.