bug report

diff --git a/doc/bugs/dead_with_no_params_can_mark_repo_with_empty_description_dead.mdwn b/doc/bugs/dead_with_no_params_can_mark_repo_with_empty_description_dead.mdwn
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+       joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxxx>git annex describe here ""
+       describe here ok
+       (recording state in git...)
+       joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxxx>git-annex dead
+       dead  ok
+       (recording state in git...)
+
+I would be ok with `git-annex dead ""` doing that, perhaps, but when
+no parameters are given, it constructs the empty string itself, which is a bug.
+
+Found this in <https://bugs.debian.org/855648> --[[Joey]]