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doc/bugs/import_tree_should_skip_.git.mdwn

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+If the remote being imported from has a .git directory,
+the import of it fails, because git does not allow adding .git 
+to a repo. 
+
+But, git *does* allow creating a tree object containing .git, it just can't
+check it out. So what happens is that the remote tracking branch contains
+.git, but when git is asked to merge that into master, it skips checking
+out those files.
+
+An export back to the remote will then delete the .git directory from it.
+
+But note that there is *not* data loss! git-annex keeps all the files
+in its object store, and the remote tracking branch contains a tree with
+the .git in it, so if necessary it could be reconstructed. But with some
+difficulty.
+
+The solution is certianly to 
+
+1. filter out .git when importing
+2. avoid deleting .git when exporting
+
+--[[Joey]]