Not sure if this is a bug or user error. I'm trying to use git-annex on Windows 2008 R2, but it isn't working for me. Works fine on Linux. I have a local git repo and then added some binary files to annex. Then I used git annex sync --content to push ennex'd files up to git server. Then I can clone that repo and sync again to pull all the files down. On windows I just get error messages when I try to clone the repo and use annex to init or sync.

git version: 1.8.0.msysgit.0 git-annex version: git-annex version: 5.20150710-g8fd7052 build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA TorrentP arser key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E MD5E SHA256 SHA1 SHA51 2 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 MD5 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook extern al local repository version: unknown supported repository version: 5 upgrade supported from repository versions: 2 3 4

If I try to init the cloned repo:

$ git-annex init init Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [-c name=value] [--help] [] Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [-c name=value] [--help] [] Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [-c name=value] [--help] [] Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [-c name=value] [--help] [] git-annex.exe: git [Param "config",Param "user.name",Param "user"] failed

If I try to sync:

$ git annex sync --content Unknown option: --literal-pathspecs usage: git [--version] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [-c name=value] [--help] [] git-annex: First run: git-annex init

What am I missing? I love the idea of annex and really need it for an urgent project I'm working on, but unfortunately I need to use it with Windows...in addition to Linux.