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diff --git a/doc/todo/inject_on_import.mdwn b/doc/todo/inject_on_import.mdwn
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@@ -19,3 +19,45 @@ C would be added to the annex, resulting in this
 
     $ ls ~/annex/import
     C
+
+> You seem to have described exactly what --deduplicate already does.
+> For example:
+
+<pre>
+# mkdir x
+# cd x
+# l
+# git init
+Initialized empty Git repository in /home/joey/tmp/x/.git/
+# git annex init
+init  ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+# echo hello > foo
+# git annex add foo
+add foo ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+# mkdir ../src
+# echo hello > ../src/bar
+# echo new > ../src/baz
+# git annex import --deduplicate ../src
+import src/bar (duplicate) ok
+import src/baz ok
+(Recording state in git...)
+# ls
+foo@  src/
+# ls ../src/
+# ls src
+baz@
+</pre>
+
+> And, if you look at the documentation for --deduplicate,
+> this is what it says:
+
+<pre>
+              To  only  import  files whose content has not been seen
+              before by  git-annex,  use  the  --deduplicate  option.
+              Duplicate  files  will be deleted from the import loca‐
+              tion.
+</pre>
+
+> So, [[done]] I suppose... --[[Joey]]