[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 8"""
 date="2016-10-26T17:44:55Z"
 content="""
@scottgorlin bare git repositories cannot in general be detected when
looking at a remote, so `git annex sync` picks a behavior that works
whether a remote is a bare git repository or not.

A bare repo and a rsync special remote should have pretty similar
performance.
"""]]