[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://www.ryantm.com/"
 subject="Possible workaround"
 date="2015-09-08T14:46:03Z"
 content="""
The `git annex checkout annex/direct/master` workaround mentioned above did not work for me, but this did:

git annex indirect
git annex direct

after that, my repo was on the annex/direct/master branch
"""]]
