git annex find --unlocked reports also not just files which are known to git-annex as unlocked, but also files which were regular "locked" (symlinks) but are modified in the tree:

#!/bin/bash

cd "$(mktemp -d ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/dl-XXXXXXX)"
set -eu

git init
git annex init

echo 123 > 123
git annex add 123
git commit -m 'commit 123 locked'
git annex unlock 123 
git commit -m 'commit 123 unlocked' 123

set -x
git annex find --unlocked  # should show 123

git status  # should show all clean

# let's create another file which we just modify

echo 124 > 124
git annex add 124
git commit -m 'committing 124 locked' 124
rm 124
touch 124

git annex find --unlocked  # will report both 123 and 124
git status

which with git-annex 8.20211231+git140-gc3817495f-1~ndall+1 would produce at the end

+ git commit -m 'committing 124 locked' 124
[master b58274c] committing 124 locked
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 120000 124
+ rm 124
+ touch 124
+ git annex find --unlocked
123
124
+ git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
    typechange: 124

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

and I do not think it should report 124 as unlocked. Or is there some find way to search only for "truly unlocked" files?

notabug --Joey