Index: class.bbpress-plugins-tracker.php
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--- class.bbpress-plugins-tracker.php	(revision 3250)
+++ class.bbpress-plugins-tracker.php	(working copy)
@@ -293,8 +293,11 @@
 				break;
 
 			$readme = array();
-			if ( !$readme_files = Automattic_Paths::search( $export, 'readme.txt' ) )
-				break;
+			if ( !$readme_files = Automattic_Paths::search( $export, 'readme.txt' ) ) {
+				if ( !$readme_files = Automattic_Paths::search( $export, 'readme.md' ) ) {
+					break;
+				}
+			}
 
 			$readme_file = $readme_files[0];