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+`git annex sync` uses a branch named "synced/foo" to sync
+changes to branch named "foo", but that same name is used to sync
+changes to a branch named "bar/foo".
+
+Also, the adjusted branch code uses "adjusted/foo(unlocked)" for
+both "foo" and "bar/foo".
diff --git a/doc/sync/comment_21_9c0368eb796f1191c22c186cbb06c642._comment b/doc/sync/comment_21_9c0368eb796f1191c22c186cbb06c642._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""Re: Branch names containing slashes"""
+ date="2016-09-21T18:56:22Z"
+ content="""
+@kartynnik, that's a bug: [[bugs/sync_uses_conflicting_names_for_deep_branches]]
+
+Please file bugs there and not as comments here, it's too easy to lose
+track of a comment deep in a thread.
+"""]]