diff --git a/Annex/Branch.hs b/Annex/Branch.hs
index f70e46780a..9bf613fe71 100644
--- a/Annex/Branch.hs
+++ b/Annex/Branch.hs
@@ -994,29 +994,30 @@ data UnmergedBranches t
  - The action is passed a callback that it can repeatedly call to read
  - the next file and its contents. When there are no more files, the
  - callback will return Nothing.
- -
- - In some cases the callback may return the same file more than once,
- - with different content. This happens rarely, only when the journal
- - contains additional information, and the last version of the
- - file it returns is the most current one.
  -}
 overBranchFileContents
 	:: (RawFilePath -> Maybe v)
+	-> Bool
+	-- ^ When there are new files in the journal that have not yet
+	-- been committed to the branch, should those files be omitted?
+	-- When this is False, the callback is run on each journalled file
+	-- at the end, and so may be run more than once on the same file.
 	-> (Annex (Maybe (v, RawFilePath, Maybe L.ByteString)) -> Annex a)
 	-> Annex (UnmergedBranches a)
-overBranchFileContents select go = do
+overBranchFileContents select omitnewjournalledfiles go = do
 	st <- update
-	v <- overBranchFileContents' select go st
+	v <- overBranchFileContents' select omitnewjournalledfiles go st
 	return $ if not (null (unmergedRefs st))
 		then UnmergedBranches v
 		else NoUnmergedBranches v
 
 overBranchFileContents'
 	:: (RawFilePath -> Maybe v)
+	-> Bool
 	-> (Annex (Maybe (v, RawFilePath, Maybe L.ByteString)) -> Annex a)
 	-> BranchState
 	-> Annex a
-overBranchFileContents' select go st = do
+overBranchFileContents' select omitnewjournalledfiles go st = do
 	g <- Annex.gitRepo
 	(l, cleanup) <- inRepo $ Git.LsTree.lsTree
 		Git.LsTree.LsTreeRecursive
@@ -1029,9 +1030,10 @@ overBranchFileContents' select go st = do
 			content' <- checkjournal f content
 			return (Just (v, f, content'))
 		Nothing
-			| journalIgnorable st -> return Nothing
+			| journalIgnorable st || omitnewjournalledfiles ->
+				return Nothing
 			-- The journal did not get committed to the
-			-- branch, and may contain files that
+			-- branch, and may contain new files that
 			-- are not present in the branch, which 
 			-- need to be provided to the action still.
 			-- This can cause the action to be run a
diff --git a/Annex/RepoSize.hs b/Annex/RepoSize.hs
index 2eb058a766..584785cbb8 100644
--- a/Annex/RepoSize.hs
+++ b/Annex/RepoSize.hs
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import Logs.UUID
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict as M
 
 {- Sum up the sizes of all keys in all repositories, from the information
- - in the git-annex branch. Can be slow.
+ - in the git-annex branch. New keys that only appear in the journal are
+ - not included. Can be slow.
  -
  - The map includes the UUIDs of all known repositories, including
  - repositories that are empty.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ calcRepoSizes :: Annex (M.Map UUID RepoSize)
 calcRepoSizes = do
 	knownuuids <- M.keys <$> uuidDescMap
 	let startmap = M.fromList $ map (\u -> (u, RepoSize 0)) knownuuids
-	overLocationLogs startmap accum >>= \case
+	overLocationLogs True startmap accum >>= \case
 		UnmergedBranches m -> return m
 		NoUnmergedBranches m -> return m
   where
diff --git a/CmdLine/Seek.hs b/CmdLine/Seek.hs
index 195425dc99..d9a6b81499 100644
--- a/CmdLine/Seek.hs
+++ b/CmdLine/Seek.hs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ withKeyOptions' ko auto mkkeyaction fallbackaction worktreeitems = do
 		let discard reader = reader >>= \case
 			Nothing -> noop
 			Just _ -> discard reader
-		overLocationLogs' () 
+		overLocationLogs' False ()
 			(\reader cont -> checktimelimit (discard reader) cont) 
 			(\k _ () -> keyaction Nothing (SeekInput [], k, mkActionItem k))
 			>>= \case
diff --git a/Command/Info.hs b/Command/Info.hs
index 39435dc5cf..e35a646d39 100644
--- a/Command/Info.hs
+++ b/Command/Info.hs
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ cachedAllRepoData = do
 		Just _ -> return s
 		Nothing -> do
 			matcher <- lift getKeyOnlyMatcher
-			r <- lift $ overLocationLogs (emptyKeyInfo, mempty) $ \k locs (d, rd) -> do
+			r <- lift $ overLocationLogs True (emptyKeyInfo, mempty) $ \k locs (d, rd) -> do
 				ifM (matchOnKey matcher k)
 					( do
 						alivelocs <- snd
diff --git a/Database/ImportFeed.hs b/Database/ImportFeed.hs
index 5797e86e50..c17eb0ca04 100644
--- a/Database/ImportFeed.hs
+++ b/Database/ImportFeed.hs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ updateFromLog db@(ImportFeedDbHandle h) (oldtree, currtree)
 	-- When initially populating the database, this 
 	-- is faster than diffing from the empty tree
 	-- and looking up every log file.
-	scanbranch = Annex.Branch.overBranchFileContents toscan goscan >>= \case
+	scanbranch = Annex.Branch.overBranchFileContents toscan False goscan >>= \case
 		Annex.Branch.NoUnmergedBranches () -> return ()
 		Annex.Branch.UnmergedBranches () -> scandiff
 	
diff --git a/Logs/Location.hs b/Logs/Location.hs
index 9ec6adc962..c07b19cd2a 100644
--- a/Logs/Location.hs
+++ b/Logs/Location.hs
@@ -219,15 +219,17 @@ loggedKeysFor' u = loggedKeys' isthere
 		return there
 
 {- This is much faster than loggedKeys. -}
-overLocationLogs :: v -> (Key -> [UUID] -> v -> Annex v) -> Annex (Annex.Branch.UnmergedBranches v)
-overLocationLogs v = overLocationLogs' v (flip const)
+overLocationLogs :: Bool -> v -> (Key -> [UUID] -> v -> Annex v) -> Annex (Annex.Branch.UnmergedBranches v)
+overLocationLogs omitnewjournalledfiles v =
+	overLocationLogs' omitnewjournalledfiles v (flip const)
 
 overLocationLogs'
-	 :: v 
+	:: Bool
+	-> v 
 	-> (Annex (Maybe (Key, RawFilePath, Maybe L.ByteString)) -> Annex v -> Annex v)
         -> (Key -> [UUID] -> v -> Annex v)
         -> Annex (Annex.Branch.UnmergedBranches v)
-overLocationLogs' iv discarder keyaction = do
+overLocationLogs' omitnewjournalledfiles iv discarder keyaction = do
 	config <- Annex.getGitConfig
 	clusters <- getClusters
 	
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ overLocationLogs' iv discarder keyaction = do
 				)
 		Nothing -> return v
 
-	Annex.Branch.overBranchFileContents getk (go iv)
+	Annex.Branch.overBranchFileContents getk omitnewjournalledfiles (go iv)
 
 -- Cannot import Logs.Cluster due to a cycle.
 -- Annex.clusters gets populated when starting up git-annex.