### Please describe the problem.

On Mac OS X, I tried to switch a repository to direct mode, but there was a
problem in the middle of the switch (permission denied) and the switch
aborted, leaving the repository in a half switched state.

I tried different manipulations, one of which was a checkout (oops), switch
back to indirect, then direct again, and now I have the repository in direct
mode except one file which caused the permission denied error.

### What steps will reproduce the problem?

Do not know exactly why this file is special. I still have the repository, and
each time I try to get this file, it fails with the same error message.

### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

On Umba, git-annex version: 4.20130723, on Mac OS X 10.6.8.

### Please provide any additional information below.

Umba is the Mac OS X, camaar and riva are Debian machines.

[[!format sh """
Umba$ git annex version
git-annex version: 4.20130723
build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV FsEvents XMPP DNS
Umba$

Umba$ git annex get --from riva --not --in here
get 2013-07-31/2013-07-31_180411.jpg (from riva...) 
Password: 
SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c
     2819887 100%  943.08kB/s    0:00:02 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 42 bytes  received 2820397 bytes  433913.69 bytes/sec
total size is 2819887  speedup is 1.00
failed
git-annex: get: 1 failed
Umba$ find . -name SHA256-s2819887-\*
./.git/annex/objects/wq/3j/SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c
./.git/annex/objects/wq/3j/SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c/SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c.cache
./.git/annex/objects/wq/3j/SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c/SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c.map
./.git/annex/transfer/failed/download/13fd5d5a-ed97-11e2-9178-574d3b1c0618/SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c
./.git/annex/transfer/failed/download/95443f2e-ed96-11e2-9d3f-8ffa5b1aae7a/SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c
Umba$ git annex fsck
fsck 2013-07-31/2013-07-31_180411.jpg ok
(Recording state in git...)
Umba$ git annex drop 2013-07-31/2013-07-31_180411.jpg 
Umba$ git annex get --from riva --not --in here
get 2013-07-31/2013-07-31_180411.jpg (from riva...) 
Password: 
SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c
     2819887 100%  949.58kB/s    0:00:02 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 42 bytes  received 2820397 bytes  512807.09 bytes/sec
total size is 2819887  speedup is 1.00
failed
git-annex: get: 1 failed
Umba$

camaar% git annex copy --to umba --not --in umba
copy 2013-07-31/2013-07-31_180411.jpg (checking umba...) (to umba...)
SHA256-s2819887--987f9811d7b5c7a287a74b7adbb852be4d18eeda61c3507f4e08c534d2356f4c
     2819887 100%    4.19MB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)
git-annex: //Users/nicolas/Pictures/Petites Boutes/.git/annex/tmp/2013-07-31_18041141700.jpg: rename: permission denied (Operation not permitted)
git-annex-shell: recvkey: 1 failed

sent 2820393 bytes  received 42 bytes  1128174.00 bytes/sec
total size is 2819887  speedup is 1.00
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1070) [sender=3.0.9]
  
  rsync failed -- run git annex again to resume file transfer
failed
git-annex: copy: 1 failed
camaar%
"""]]

> Put in a fix that works, although perhaps not ideal as I do not
> understand how the repo got into the original problem state. [[done]]
> --[[Joey]]