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+[[!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.
+"""]]