Please describe the problem.

https://github.com/jwodder is cooking up OS X build recipe (+testing) in datalad-extensions/pull/31. The test step where HOME is pointing to a crippled FS (see workflow + scripts in PR for details of the setup) was running for 3h and I canceled it, so the log showed

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

tired me failed to find a clear version printed anywhere (will be added) but it happened earlier today so some state a few hours back from 8.20200908-9-g8955ac39f

Please provide any additional information below.

  Remote Tests
    remote type directory
  Detected a filesystem without fifo support.
  Disabling ssh connection caching.
  Filesystem allows writing to files whose write bit is not set.
  Detected a crippled filesystem.
  Disabling core.symlinks.
  Entering an adjusted branch where files are unlocked as this filesystem does not support locked files.
Switched to branch 'adjusted/master(unlocked)'
git-annex: openFile: resource busy (file is locked)
      init:                                               FAIL (2.18s)
        Test.hs:249:
        init failed
      unavailable remote
##[error]The operation was canceled.

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)

depends on the weather, but I am a rain magnet.