More commands work in direct mode repositories: find, whereis, move, copy, drop, log.

These started working, for free, once lookupFile supported direct mode.

yay!!

Command/Copy.hs

@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ import qualified Remote
 import Annex.Wanted
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notDirect $ 
-	withOptions Command.Move.options $ command "copy" paramPaths seek
-		"copy content of files to/from another repository"]
+def = [withOptions Command.Move.options $ command "copy" paramPaths seek
+	"copy content of files to/from another repository"]
 
 seek :: [CommandSeek]
 seek = [withField Command.Move.toOption Remote.byName $ \to ->

Command/Drop.hs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import qualified Option
 import Annex.Wanted
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notDirect $ withOptions [fromOption] $ command "drop" paramPaths seek
+def = [withOptions [fromOption] $ command "drop" paramPaths seek
 	"indicate content of files not currently wanted"]
 
 fromOption :: Option

Command/Find.hs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import Types.Key
 import qualified Option
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notDirect $ noCommit $ withOptions [formatOption, print0Option] $
+def = [noCommit $ withOptions [formatOption, print0Option] $
 	command "find" paramPaths seek "lists available files"]
 
 formatOption :: Option

Command/Log.hs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ data RefChange = RefChange
 type Outputter = Bool -> POSIXTime -> [UUID] -> Annex ()
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notDirect $ withOptions options $
+def = [withOptions options $
 	command "log" paramPaths seek "shows location log"]
 
 options :: [Option]

Command/Move.hs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import Logs.Presence
 import Logs.Transfer
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notDirect $ withOptions options $ command "move" paramPaths seek
+def = [withOptions options $ command "move" paramPaths seek
 	"move content of files to/from another repository"]
 
 fromOption :: Option

Command/Whereis.hs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import Remote
 import Logs.Trust
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notDirect $ noCommit $ command "whereis" paramPaths seek
+def = [noCommit $ command "whereis" paramPaths seek
 	"lists repositories that have file content"]
 
 seek :: [CommandSeek]

debian/changelog

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ git-annex (3.20130105) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * webapp: Add UI to stop and restart assistant.
   * committer: Fix a file handle leak.
   * assistant: Make expensive transfer scan work fully in direct mode.
+  * More commands work in direct mode repositories: find, whereis, move, copy,
+    drop, log.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:58:45 -0400
 

doc/direct_mode.mdwn

@@ -41,11 +41,9 @@ Otherwise, the main command that's used in direct mode repositories is
 `git annex sync`. This automatically adds new files, commits all
 changed files to git, pushes them out, pulls down any changes, etc.
 
-You can also run `git annex get` to transfer the content of files into your
-direct mode repository. Or if the direct mode repository is a remote of
-some other, regular git-annex repository, you can use commands in the other
-repository like `git annex copy` and `git annex move` to transfer the
-contents of files to the direct mode repository.
+`git annex add` and some other commands are not yet supported in direct
+mode repositories. Feel free to try any git annex command though; ones that
+don't support direct mode will refuse to do anything.
 
 You can use `git commit --staged`. (But not `git commit -a` .. It'll commit
 whole large files into git!)

doc/git-annex.mdwn

@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ subdirectories).
 * direct
 
   Switches a repository to use direct mode, where rather than symlinks to
-  files, the files are directly present in the repository. Note that many git
-  and git-annex commands will not work in direct mode; you're mostly
-  limited to using "git annex sync" and "git annex get".
+  files, the files are directly present in the repository. Note that most git
+  commands and some git-annex commands will not work in direct mode; you're 
+  mostly limited to using "git annex sync" and "git annex get".
 
   As part of the switch to direct mode, any changed files will be committed.