[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkx5V3MTbzCXS3J7Mn9FEq8M9bPPYMkAHY"
 nickname="Pedro"
 subject="comment 8"
 date="2013-05-20T19:59:22Z"
 content="""
Here's the same example you posted being followed by me and showing the problem

[[!format sh \"\"\"
$mkdir 1 2
$cd 1; git init; git-annex init; git annex direct; echo \"file added to 1\" > file_from_1; cd ..
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/1/.git/
init  ok
(Recording state in git...)
commit  
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use \"git add\" to track)
ok
direct  ok
$cd 2; git init; git-annex init; git annex direct; echo \"file added to 2\" > file_from_2; cd ..
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/2/.git/
init  ok
(Recording state in git...)
commit  
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use \"git add\" to track)
ok
direct  ok
$cd 1; git remote add 2 ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/2; git annex assistant; cd ..
$cd 2; git remote add 1 ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/1; git annex assistant; cd ..
(merging synced/git-annex into git-annex...)
$cd 1
$ls
file_from_1  file_from_2
$ls -la
total 20
drwxrwxr-x 3 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 May 20 20:57 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 May 20 20:55 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 pedrocr pedrocr   16 May 20 20:56 file_from_1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pedrocr pedrocr  180 May 20 20:57 file_from_2 -> .git/annex/objects/1P/8w/SHA256E-s16--b651aaa274225b617cb4d3033047ac6aee29dd6f2465f94ec38dc6630b7d48c8/SHA256E-s16--b651aaa274225b617cb4d3033047ac6aee29dd6f2465f94ec38dc6630b7d48c8
drwxrwxr-x 9 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 May 20 20:57 .git
$cd ..
$cd 2
$ls -la
total 20
drwxrwxr-x 3 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 May 20 20:57 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 May 20 20:55 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pedrocr pedrocr  180 May 20 20:57 file_from_1 -> .git/annex/objects/qQ/x9/SHA256E-s16--cca8b6c2db480aa680e12c48f471a351de69978c7665fac5b63d9a765f4c16f4/SHA256E-s16--cca8b6c2db480aa680e12c48f471a351de69978c7665fac5b63d9a765f4c16f4
-rw-r--r-- 1 pedrocr pedrocr   16 May 20 20:56 file_from_2
drwxrwxr-x 9 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 May 20 20:57 .git
$
\"\"\"]]
"""]]