diff --git a/doc/bugs/git-annex_has_issues_with_git_when_staging__47__commiting_logs.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git-annex_has_issues_with_git_when_staging__47__commiting_logs.mdwn
index 774ca6a16c..ed629c4240 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/git-annex_has_issues_with_git_when_staging__47__commiting_logs.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/git-annex_has_issues_with_git_when_staging__47__commiting_logs.mdwn
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ For now it's just a bit of extra work for me when it does occur but it does not
 >>>>> what git is doing. Sounds like the files could just not be `git
 >>>>> added` yet, but I get the impression from other things that you say
 >>>>> that it's not so simple. --[[Joey]] 
+
+This turns out to be a bug in git, and I have posted a bug report on the mailing list.
+The git-annex behavior that causes this situation is being handled as
+another bug, [[git-annex directory hashing problems on osx]].
+So, closing this bug report. [[done]] --[[Joey]]