diff --git a/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn b/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn
index e24d7a7ee3..67917db8a6 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/bare_git_repos.mdwn
@@ -12,3 +12,15 @@ However, that is not currently supported. Problems include:
 * `.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.)
+
+----
+
+Update: Now that git-annex-shell is used for accessing remote repos,
+it would be possible to add smarts about bare repos there, and avoid
+some of the above problems. Probably only the state recording problem
+remains.
+
+A possible other approach to the state recording repo is to not
+record state changes on the remote in that case. Git-annex already
+records remote state changes locally whenever it modifies the state of a
+remote. --[[Joey]]