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+### Please describe the problem.
+A bare v7 repo fails to upgrade to v8, and displays several times the following error message: "fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree"
+
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+```
+cd problem_repo.git
+git annex upgrade
+```
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+git-annex version: 8.20200617
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+[[!format sh """
+# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
+# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log
+
+upgrade (v7 to v8...) fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+fatal: relative path syntax can't be used outside working tree
+
+git-annex: fd:18: Data.ByteString.hGetLine: end of file
+failed
+git-annex: user error (git ["--git-dir=.","--literal-pathspecs","cat-file","--batch-check=%(objectname) %(objecttype) %(objectsize)"] exited 128)
+
+
+# End of transcript or log.
+"""]]
+
+### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
+
+Yes! We love it! Thank you so much! Git-annex is a superpower 🦹‍♂️