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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
+ subject="comment 19"
+ date="2018-09-19T19:12:58Z"
+ content="""
+This page says direct mode is \"deprecated\"; but, v6 is not yet official ( https://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/default_repo_version_is_still_5__63__/ )?  So, for now, direct mode is the recommended thing to use?
+"""]]