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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+in direct mode files with absent content are promised to become regular files but empty... seems to be not a case for me.  page describing direct mode has comments about past problems like that but they were told to be dealt with... so I decided to file a new issue
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+switch to direct mode
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+5.20150519-geaf72fe
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+[[!format sh """
+# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
+# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log
+
+$> git clone ~exppsy/pymvpa2-tutorialdata /tmp/pymvpa2-tutorialdata-clone 
+Cloning into '/tmp/pymvpa2-tutorialdata-clone'...
+done.
+
+$> cd /tmp/pymvpa2-tutorialdata-clone
+debian/  freesurfer/  haxby2001/  hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz@  results/  suma_surfaces/
+
+$> ls -l haxby2001/bold_mc.par hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 yoh yoh 199 May 29 15:42 haxby2001/bold_mc.par -> ../.git/annex/objects/KM/Jq/SHA256E-s106236--64972f56116ba575996a0b2fbd26a033dd3e8369e87fda503fec5a45dcd06f57.par/SHA256E-s106236--64972f56116ba575996a0b2fbd26a033dd3e8369e87fda503fec5a45dcd06f57.par
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 yoh yoh 208 May 29 15:42 hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz -> .git/annex/objects/1g/M2/SHA256E-s15769613--d4b54133f873ff043df22c6250810c1cb9a177b5eb551ca97d98d664edf8ea3f.hdf5.gz/SHA256E-s15769613--d4b54133f873ff043df22c6250810c1cb9a177b5eb551ca97d98d664edf8ea3f.hdf5.gz
+
+$> git annex enableremote data.pymvpa.org                           
+(merging origin/git-annex into git-annex...)
+(recording state in git...)
+enableremote data.pymvpa.org ok
+(recording state in git...)
+
+$> git annex get hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz
+/tmp/pymvpa2-tutorialdata-clone/.git/annex/tm 100%[==================================================================================================>]  15.04M  11.2MB/s   in 1.3s   
+ok
+(recording state in git...)
+
+$> ls -l haxby2001/bold_mc.par hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 yoh yoh 199 May 29 15:42 haxby2001/bold_mc.par -> ../.git/annex/objects/KM/Jq/SHA256E-s106236--64972f56116ba575996a0b2fbd26a033dd3e8369e87fda503fec5a45dcd06f57.par/SHA256E-s106236--64972f56116ba575996a0b2fbd26a033dd3e8369e87fda503fec5a45dcd06f57.par
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 yoh yoh 208 May 29 15:42 hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz -> .git/annex/objects/1g/M2/SHA256E-s15769613--d4b54133f873ff043df22c6250810c1cb9a177b5eb551ca97d98d664edf8ea3f.hdf5.gz/SHA256E-s15769613--d4b54133f873ff043df22c6250810c1cb9a177b5eb551ca97d98d664edf8ea3f.hdf5.gz
+
+$> git annex direct
+commit  
+On branch master
+Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
+nothing to commit, working directory clean
+ok
+direct hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz ok
+direct  ok
+
+$> ls -l haxby2001/bold_mc.par hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 yoh yoh      199 May 29 15:42 haxby2001/bold_mc.par -> ../.git/annex/objects/KM/Jq/SHA256E-s106236--64972f56116ba575996a0b2fbd26a033dd3e8369e87fda503fec5a45dcd06f57.par/SHA256E-s106236--64972f56116ba575996a0b2fbd26a033dd3e8369e87fda503fec5a45dcd06f57.par
+-rw------- 1 yoh yoh 15769613 May  8 03:42 hyperalignment_tutorial_data.hdf5.gz
+2 12569.....................................:Fri 29 May 2015 03:43:08 PM EDT:.
+
+$> git annex version
+git-annex version: 5.20150519-geaf72fe
+build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA
+key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E MD5E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 MD5 WORM URL
+remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external
+local repository version: 5
+supported repository version: 5
+upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4
+
+
+# End of transcript or log.
+"""]]