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+## What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+Running the following in an annex with an archive directory with all the files dropped and located offsite
+
+     git annex direct
+
+It seems that if not all the files are in the annex, then the direct mode files.
+
+## What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
+
+The expectation is that either direct mode reverts its changes if it fails instead of
+
+    url: createLink: does not exist (No such file or directory)
+    failed
+    git-annex: direct: 1 failed
+
+It leaves the annex in the indirect mode, but there are a bunch of .map files lying around in git-annex's control directory.
+
+## What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+Running 3.20130102 on OSX
+
+## Please provide any additional information below.
+