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+Given that repo1 and repo2 both have a branch adjusted/master(hidemissing), those branches should be local to the repo as they contain the files available locally.  Yet, when doing a sync between the two repositories, the branches are forcefully merged which is wrong.
+
+    $ git annex sync
+    commit (recording state in git...)
+    On branch master
+    nothing to commit, working tree clean
+    ok
+    remote: Enumerating objects: 332, done.
+    remote: Counting objects: 100% (332/332), done.
+    remote: Compressing objects: 100% (185/185), done.
+    remote: Total 232 (delta 35), reused 0 (delta 0)
+    Receiving objects: 100% (232/232), 20.46 KiB | 1.57 MiB/s, done.
+    Resolving deltas: 100% (35/35), completed with 2 local objects.
+    From /media/leggewie/WD250G/@1TB.work
+     + 20bcd18...170148a adjusted/master(hidemissing) -> WD250G/adjusted/master(hidemissing)  (forced update)
+       a071f8c..4a1f6d3  git-annex                    -> WD250G/git-annex
+    pull WD250G ok