diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
index 9fcef7ccf3..5aa554aab8 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ public class WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest {
         put("cannotCloneAHasDotGitProject", new HashMap<String, SnapshotAPIState>() {{
             put("state", new SnapshotAPIStateBuilder(getResourceAsStream("/cannotCloneAHasDotGitProject/state/state.json")).build());
         }});
+        put("canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile", new HashMap<String, SnapshotAPIState>() {{
+          put("base", new SnapshotAPIStateBuilder(getResourceAsStream("/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/state.json")).build());
+          put("withUpdatedMainFile", new SnapshotAPIStateBuilder(getResourceAsStream("/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/state.json")).build());
+        }});
     }};
 
     @Rule
@@ -995,6 +999,34 @@ public class WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest {
         assertTrue(responseString.contains("Git LFS is not supported on Overleaf"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+      int gitBridgePort = 33891;
+      int mockServerPort = 3891;
+      server = new MockSnapshotServer(mockServerPort, getResource("/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile").toFile());
+      server.start();
+      server.setState(states.get("canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile").get("base"));
+      wlgb = new GitBridgeApp(new String[] {
+        makeConfigFile(gitBridgePort, mockServerPort)
+      });
+      wlgb.run();
+      File testProjDir = gitClone("testproj", gitBridgePort, dir);
+      File one = new File(testProjDir, "sub/one.txt");
+      one.createNewFile();
+      FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(one.getPath());
+      fw.write("1");
+      fw.close();
+      assertEquals(0, runtime.exec(
+        "git add -A -f", null, testProjDir
+      ).waitFor());
+      gitCommit(testProjDir, "push");
+      gitPush(testProjDir);
+      server.setState(states.get("canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile").get("withUpdatedMainFile"));
+      gitPull(testProjDir);
+      File f = new File(testProjDir.getPath() + "/sub/one.txt");
+      assertTrue(f.exists());
+    }
+
     private String makeConfigFile(
             int port,
             int apiPort
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/state.json b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/state.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a099a5fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/state.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[
+	{
+		"project": "testproj",
+		"getDoc": {
+			"versionID": 1,
+			"createdAt": "2014-11-30T18:40:58.123Z",
+			"email": "jdleesmiller+1@gmail.com",
+			"name": "John+1"
+		},
+		"getSavedVers": [
+        	{
+        		"versionID": 1,
+        		"comment": "init",
+        		"email": "jdleesmiller+1@gmail.com",
+        		"name": "John+1",
+        		"createdAt": "2014-11-30T18:47:01.456Z"
+        	}
+		],
+		"getForVers": [
+			{
+				"versionID": 1,
+				"srcs": [
+                    {
+                    	"content": "content\n",
+                    	"path": "main.tex"
+                    },
+                    {
+                    	"content": "*.txt",
+                    	"path": "sub/.gitignore"
+                    }
+	            ],
+        "atts": []
+	        }
+		],
+		"push": "success",
+		"postback": {
+			"type": "success",
+			"versionID": 2
+		}
+	}
+]
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/testproj/main.tex b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/testproj/main.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d95f3ad14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/testproj/main.tex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+content
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/testproj/sub/.gitignore b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/testproj/sub/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2211df63dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/base/testproj/sub/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.txt
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/state.json b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/state.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..393f5a253a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/state.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[
+	{
+		"project": "testproj",
+		"getDoc": {
+			"versionID": 5,
+			"createdAt": "2014-11-30T18:40:58.123Z",
+			"email": "jdleesmiller+1@gmail.com",
+			"name": "John+1"
+		},
+		"getSavedVers": [
+        	{
+        		"versionID": 5,
+        		"comment": "init",
+        		"email": "jdleesmiller+1@gmail.com",
+        		"name": "John+1",
+        		"createdAt": "2014-11-30T18:47:01.456Z"
+        	}
+		],
+		"getForVers": [
+			{
+				"versionID": 5,
+				"srcs": [
+                    {
+                    	"content": "content\nupdated\n",
+                    	"path": "main.tex"
+                    },
+                    {
+                    	"content": "*.txt",
+                    	"path": "sub/.gitignore"
+                    },
+                    {
+                    	"content": "1",
+                    	"path": "sub/one.txt"
+                    }
+	            ],
+          "atts": []
+	        }
+		],
+		"push": "success",
+		"postback": {
+			"type": "success",
+			"versionID": 5
+		}
+	}
+]
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/testproj/main.tex b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/testproj/main.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3aa9d51a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/testproj/main.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+content
+updated
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/testproj/sub/.gitignore b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/testproj/sub/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2211df63dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/resources/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest/canPullIgnoredForceAddedFile/withUpdatedMainFile/testproj/sub/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.txt