diff --git a/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn b/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn
index 54ed3a8296..dc46ac71ee 100644
--- a/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/git-annex-reinject_does_not_work_in_a_bare_repo.mdwn
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@
     git-annex: fd:15: hGetLine: end of file
 
 Obviously this wasn't actually a file known to git-annex.  But I get the same error in a non-dummy bare repo I am trying to reinject.
+
+A workaround is to use `git worktree add` and run `git annex reinject` from there.