Mention how to get rid of X11 warnings

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diff --git a/admin/notes/git-workflow b/admin/notes/git-workflow
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@@ -70,3 +70,18 @@ Merging emacs-24 to trunk
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+
+Warnings about X11 forwarding
+=============================
+
+If you get warnings like
+
+Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
+X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0
+
+when pulling or pushing data, add the following to the start of
+~/.ssh/config:
+
+Host git.sv.gnu.org
+   ForwardX11 no