### Please describe the problem.

I have a README file in my repository, which is an ordinary text file added with `git add` (not `git annex add`). This seems fine with all the Linux machines, including ones running the assistant. However, when I start the assistant on Android, it converts it to an annexed file. I don't have any other direct mode repositories to check if it's a direct mode problem or an Android problem.

My setup is basically a star tolopogy with a Debian GNU/Linux (jessie) box in the middle. All the clients are Debian as well, mostly testing, except for an Android tablet.

### What steps will reproduce the problem?

On a Linux box:

    git add README
    git commit -m 'README'
    git annex sync --content

then on Android, start git-annex and let the assistant sync.

You'll get a commit like this:

    $ git show 4f1c76374c75a11702c14ea6a5dbe82c99c6dd08
    commit 4f1c76374c75a11702c14ea6a5dbe82c99c6dd08
    Author: android <git-annex@android>
    Date:   Wed Dec 9 15:49:01 2015 -0500
    
        git-annex in Smoot /sdcard/Westerley-Board
    
    diff --git a/Contracts/Archive/README b/Contracts/Archive/README
    deleted file mode 100644
    index 8fe1349..0000000
    --- a/Contracts/Archive/README
    +++ /dev/null
    @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
    -These are old, no longer active contracts. The year is the year of
    -archival (typically when the contract ended, or the last year covered by
    -the contract).
    diff --git a/Contracts/Archive/README b/Contracts/Archive/README
    new file mode 120000
    index 0000000..38ba43f
    --- /dev/null
    +++ b/Contracts/Archive/README
    @@ -0,0 +1 @@
    +../../.git/annex/objects/0v/9K/SHA256E-s155--d0e49ec7e493366a5afea5bc12629ba579fd8407162795c22a6346c25bafbb6e/SHA256E-s155--d0e49ec7e493366a5afea5bc12629ba579fd8407162795c22a6346c25bafbb6e
    \ No newline at end of file

### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

Android is fairly recent, unfortunately the battery is currently dead
making it hard to check :-( Must be at least 5.20151019, but probably
20151116.

### Please provide any additional information below.

If needed, I'll grab the assistant log from the tablet once the battery
is charged.

### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)

Yes! I've been using git-annex quite a bit over the past year, for everything from my music collection to my personal files. Using it for a not-for-profit too. Even trying to get some Mac and Windows users to use it for our HOA's files. I'm looking forward to smudge mode to make direct mode work better.