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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 4"""
+ date="2018-12-11T16:27:27Z"
+ content="""
+I reproduced as follows:
+
+* Have a v7 repository, and unlock a couple of files.
+* Clone to a v5 repository.
+* Get the files into the v5 repository. (git annex get won't work on the
+  unlocked files, but you can get --all or copy from the v7 to the v5 or
+  whatever)
+* Upgrade the v5 repository to v7.
+
+Does that sequence match what you were doing? I didn't reproduce the
+problem when just upgrading the v5 and then getting the unlocked files into it.
+
+Seems that the upgrade to v7 process, after scanning for and populating
+unlocked files, needs to update git's index. I thought it did, but perhaps
+I forgot or that is not working.
+"""]]