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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+I have a directory remote with importtree=yes.  In that remote, I have some symlinks that are broken.  (Long story; this is a file server and they work on the system that has mounted them, but are broken here.)
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+I've added it with `git config remote.source.annex-tracking-branch main:$REPO`.  When I run `git annex sync`, I get:
+
+```
+commit 
+On branch adjusted/main(unlocked)
+nothing to commit, working tree clean
+ok
+list source 
+git-annex: Unable to list contents of source: [redacted]: getFileStatus: does not exist (No such file or directory)
+failed
+git-annex: sync: 1 failed
+```
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+8.20210223-2 on Debian
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+I would like git-annex to either:
+
+1. Store the symlink as a symlink, or
+2. Ignore bad symlinks
+
+### 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)
+
+Loading in other parts of my photo collection as we speak!