diff --git a/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn b/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn
index f219840e71..5e9100acfe 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ However, that is not currently supported. Problems include:
   a git repo at all!)
 * `.git-annex/` needs to have state recorded to it and committed, and that
   is not possible with a bare repo. (If [[todo/branching]] were done,
-  that might be fixed.)
+  that might be fixed.) (now fixed)
 
 ----
 
diff --git a/doc/todo/branching.mdwn b/doc/todo/branching.mdwn
index 37e7b6edd2..ad7ece6f10 100644
--- a/doc/todo/branching.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/branching.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[[done]] !!!
+
 The use of `.git-annex` to store logs means that if a repo has branches 
 and the user switched between them, git-annex will see different logs in
 the different branches, and so may miss info about what remotes have which