Should I see a typechange from `git status` when using direct mode = false?

I'm using digiKam to manage photos in a git-annex repository. digiKam will only write XMP sidecar files for real files, not symlinks, so I need to unlock every file in order to sync metadata to XMP files.

Is it possible to suppress typechange in some way?

Thanks.

    On branch master
    Changes not staged for commit:
    (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
    (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

        typechange: photographers/jboxman/2004/06/16/20040616-004528.jpg
        .......
        typechange: photographers/jboxman/2004/06/17/20040617-010127.jpg

    [annex]
    uuid = 56e0d203-7898-xxxx-xxxx-1b04cec6597c
    version = 5
    largefiles = largerthan=20kb and not (include=*.xmp or include=*.thor or include=bin/*)
    direct = false

    git-annex version: 6.20171124
    build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV FsEvents TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Quvi
    dependency versions: aws-0.17.1 bloomfilter-2.0.1.0 cryptonite-0.24 DAV-1.3.1 feed-1.0.0.0 ghc-8.2.2 http-client-0.5.7.1 persistent-sqlite-2.6.3.1torrent-10000.1.1 uuid-1.3.13 yesod-1.4.5
    key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384ESHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL
    remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external
    local repository version: 5
    supported repository versions: 3 5 6
    upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5
    operating system: darwin x86_64

