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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joeyh.name/"
+ ip="209.250.56.64"
+ subject="comment 1"
+ date="2013-11-26T19:47:28Z"
+ content="""
+I cannot reproduce this problem on Linux, with version 4.20131106. I tried in both direct and indirect mode, on Linux. 
+
+I was, however, able to exactly reproduce the error message if I made the *directory* be not writable, and used indirect mode. This is because git-annex has to move the file the .git/annex/objects, and put a symlink in place, and so has to be allowed to write to the directory. Interestingly, direct mode does not have this limiation, although I doubt git-annex would ever be very useful when run in a directory you lack write permission to.
+"""]]