--- /dev/null
+ git init foo.git
+ cd foo.git
+ git-annex init
+ cd ..
+ git clone foo.git bar
+ sudo chown root.root foo.git
+ cd bar
+ git-annex init
+ init fatal: not a git repository: /tmp/foo.git/.git'
+
+This is specific to bare git remotes, for non-bare it
+detects and warns that safe.directory is needed to use the
+remote. --[[Joey]]
--- /dev/null
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 5"""
+ date="2023-02-14T16:19:33Z"
+ content="""
+Hmm, git-annex dealt with this change to git back in version 10.20220525.
+
+But, it seems it didn't deal with this specific case of a bare repo used as
+a remote. Opened a bug: [[bugs/bare_remote_safe_directory]]
+"""]]