joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxxx>git annex describe here ""
describe here ok
(recording state in git...)
joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxxx>git-annex dead
dead  ok
(recording state in git...)

I would be ok with git-annex dead "" doing that, perhaps, but when no parameters are given, it constructs the empty string itself, which is a bug.

Found this in https://bugs.debian.org/855648 --Joey

fixed --Joey