From c9db13927c157e468951ac45bd144ee45461445b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dr.phillips" <dr.phillips@IFASadmins-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:19:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [BI-2783] added comment

---
 .../services/processors/germplasm/GermplasmProcessor.java      | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapps/importer/services/processors/germplasm/GermplasmProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapps/importer/services/processors/germplasm/GermplasmProcessor.java
index 1cb15a4b3..5defe7d10 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapps/importer/services/processors/germplasm/GermplasmProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapps/importer/services/processors/germplasm/GermplasmProcessor.java
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ public void getExistingBrapiData(List<BrAPIImport> importRows, Program program)
             }
         }
 
-        // Get existing germplasm names
+        // Get existing germplasm names.  This should be used ONLY to identify duplicate germplasm names.
+        // In general you should look up germplasm by GID.
         List<BrAPIGermplasm> dbGermplasm = brAPIGermplasmService.getGermplasmByDisplayName(new ArrayList<>(fileGermplasmByName.keySet()), program.getId());
         dbGermplasm.forEach(germplasm -> {
             dbGermplasmByName.put(germplasm.getDefaultDisplayName(), germplasm);