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+    git init foo.git
+    cd foo.git
+    git-annex init
+    cd ..
+    git clone foo.git bar
+    sudo chown root.root foo.git
+    cd bar
+    git-annex init
+    init  fatal: not a git repository: /tmp/foo.git/.git'
+
+This is specific to bare git remotes, for non-bare it 
+detects and warns that safe.directory is needed to use the
+remote. --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/forum/remote_bare_repo_is_invisible_due_to_+__47__.git/comment_5_6863faa0a64ff72abcf82435bfabf7b0._comment b/doc/forum/remote_bare_repo_is_invisible_due_to_+__47__.git/comment_5_6863faa0a64ff72abcf82435bfabf7b0._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 5"""
+ date="2023-02-14T16:19:33Z"
+ content="""
+Hmm, git-annex dealt with this change to git back in version 10.20220525.
+
+But, it seems it didn't deal with this specific case of a bare repo used as
+a remote. Opened a bug: [[bugs/bare_remote_safe_directory]]
+"""]]