--- 9.0.3	2024-12-12 08:06:13.000000000 +0100
+++ aneksajo	2024-12-16 08:23:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -1213,6 +1273,15 @@
 	ctx.Data["TreeNames"] = treeNames
 	ctx.Data["BranchLink"] = branchLink
 	ctx.Data["CodeIndexerDisabled"] = !setting.Indexer.RepoIndexerEnabled
+	isAnnexFile, okAnnexFile := ctx.Data["IsAnnexFile"]
+	isAnnexFilePresent, okAnnexFilePresent := ctx.Data["IsAnnexFilePresent"]
+	if okAnnexFile && okAnnexFilePresent && isAnnexFile.(bool) && !isAnnexFilePresent.(bool) {
+		// If the file to be viewed is annexed but not present then render it normally
+		// (which will show the plain git blob content, i.e. the symlink or pointer target)
+		// but make the status code a 404.
+		ctx.HTML(http.StatusNotFound, tplRepoHome)
+		return
+	}
 	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplRepoHome)
 }