[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 1"""
 date="2015-07-03T17:59:39Z"
 content="""
I am reluctant to make direct mode grow to replicate significant (and
really quite complex) git commands like commit. Which is why I have not
added this. 

`git annex proxy` brings a lot of regular git commands to
direct mode.

It's possible to use it to make a commit in direct mode. You only have
to manually `git annex add` the modified files first, to get them staged
in the index.

	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/a>date > newfile
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/a>echo modified > foo
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/a>git annex add newfile foo
	add newfile ok
	add foo ok
	(recording state in git...)
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/a>git annex proxy -- git commit foo -m foo
	ok
	(recording state in git...)
	[annex/direct/master 739c518] foo
	 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/a>git show
	commit 739c518997cc9d0a21e920213394079fce9e7a11
	Author: Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>
	Date:   Fri Jul 3 14:04:19 2015 -0400
	
	    foo
	
	diff --git a/foo b/foo
	index 4925a0e..0f22f36 120000
	--- a/foo
	+++ b/foo
	@@ -1 +1 @@
	-.git/annex/objects/fV/Zq/SHA256E-s30--79d01999a1e7d689136859f7462651dbe179b9c779c45d4e0b2815f426628b75/SHA256E-s30--79d01999a1e7d689136859f7462651dbe179b9c779c45d4e0b2815f426628b75
	\ No newline at end of file
	+.git/annex/objects/qw/8m/SHA256E-s9--4487e24377581c1a43c957c7700c8b49920de7b8500c05590cee74996ef73f42/SHA256E-s9--4487e24377581c1a43c957c7700c8b49920de7b8500c05590cee74996ef73f42
	\ No newline at end of file
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/a>git annex proxy -- git commit -a -m added\ newfile
	ok
	[annex/direct/master 9abe7a4] added newfile
	 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
	 create mode 120000 newfile
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/a>git show
	commit 9abe7a4fa083ea0e4529df0054f44f4e30d9e0ae
	Author: Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>
	Date:   Fri Jul 3 14:04:38 2015 -0400
	
	    added newfile
	
	diff --git a/newfile b/newfile
	new file mode 120000
	index 0000000..1bb8d0d
	--- /dev/null
	+++ b/newfile
	@@ -0,0 +1 @@
	+.git/annex/objects/23/q9/SHA256E-s30--42fb3eaea7c7932a9056e531f764ca83d117c69c79d4458f9860c6e525f8e498/SHA256E-s30--42fb3eaea7c7932a9056e531f764ca83d117c69c79d4458f9860c6e525f8e498
	\ No newline at end of file

This works because `git annex proxy` sets up a temporary work tree,
using the content of the index. So you can commit any/all staged files.
"""]]