[[!comment format=mdwn username="zardoz" ip="92.227.51.179" subject="comment 1" date="2014-05-13T20:25:22Z" content=""" I’ve added a bug on basically the same issue. http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/Revert_to_old_file_version_in_direct_mode___40__VFAT__41__/ One problem is that if your direct-mode repo is on VFAT, you can’t even switch to indirect mode temporarily. """]]