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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ ip="4.154.0.21"
+ subject="re: workaround"
+ date="2013-07-30T19:17:11Z"
+ content="""
+The problem with manually merging the branches and not using sync is that the file mappings get out of date. You should be able to correct them by running `git annex fsck`
+"""]]