diff --git a/doc/todo/add_a_--branch_to_applicable_git-annex_commands.mdwn b/doc/todo/add_a_--branch_to_applicable_git-annex_commands.mdwn
index b2678bee81..9852e671d0 100644
--- a/doc/todo/add_a_--branch_to_applicable_git-annex_commands.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/add_a_--branch_to_applicable_git-annex_commands.mdwn
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 My original use case was for using git-annex find from scripts, where I didn't want to depend on the branch 
 checked out at the time, but rather write something like "git annex find --branch=master $searchterms"
+
+> this was [[done]] some years leter and this todo forgotten about until I
+> noticed it now, so closing belatedly. --[[Joey]]