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> 	"path/filepath"
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> 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/annex"
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< 	if err = t.Clone(opts.OldBranch, true); err != nil {
---
> 	if err = t.Clone(opts.OldBranch, false); err != nil {
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< 	// Copy uploaded files into repository.
< 	if err := copyUploadedLFSFilesIntoRepository(infos, t, opts.TreePath); err != nil {
---
> 	r, err := git.OpenRepository(ctx, repo.RepoPath())
> 	if err != nil {
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> 	if annex.IsAnnexRepo(r) {
> 		// Initialize annex privately in temporary clone
> 		if err := t.InitPrivateAnnex(); err != nil {
> 			return err
> 		}
> 		// Copy uploaded files into git-annex repository
> 		if err := copyUploadedFilesIntoAnnexRepository(infos, t, opts.TreePath); err != nil {
> 			return err
> 		}
> 		// Move all annexed content in the temporary repository, i.e. everything we have just added, to the origin
> 		author, committer := GetAuthorAndCommitterUsers(opts.Author, opts.Committer, doer)
> 		if err := moveAnnexedFilesToOrigin(t, author, committer); err != nil {
> 			return err
> 		}
> 	} else {
> 		// Copy uploaded files into repository.
> 		if err := copyUploadedLFSFilesIntoRepository(infos, t, opts.TreePath); err != nil {
> 			return err
> 		}
> 	}
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> 	}
> 	return nil
> }
> 
> func copyUploadedFilesIntoAnnexRepository(infos []uploadInfo, t *TemporaryUploadRepository, treePath string) error {
> 	for i := range len(infos) {
> 		if err := copyUploadedFileIntoAnnexRepository(&infos[i], t, treePath); err != nil {
> 			return err
> 		}
> 	}
> 	return nil
> }
> 
> func copyUploadedFileIntoAnnexRepository(info *uploadInfo, t *TemporaryUploadRepository, treePath string) error {
> 	pathInRepo := path.Join(t.basePath, treePath, info.upload.Name)
> 	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(pathInRepo), 0o700); err != nil {
> 		return err
> 	}
> 	if err := os.Rename(info.upload.LocalPath(), pathInRepo); err != nil {
> 		return err
> 	}
> 	return t.AddAnnex(pathInRepo)
> }
> 
> func moveAnnexedFilesToOrigin(t *TemporaryUploadRepository, author, committer *user_model.User) error {
> 	authorSig := author.NewGitSig()
> 	committerSig := committer.NewGitSig()
> 	env := append(os.Environ(),
> 		"GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="+authorSig.Name,
> 		"GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="+authorSig.Email,
> 		"GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="+committerSig.Name,
> 		"GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="+committerSig.Email,
> 	)
> 	if _, _, err := git.NewCommand(t.ctx, "annex", "move", "--to", "origin").RunStdString(&git.RunOpts{Dir: t.basePath, Env: env}); err != nil {
> 		return err