$ mkdir 1 2
$ cd 1; git init; git-annex init; git annex direct; echo "file added to 1" > file_from_1; cd ..
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/pedrocr/testannexbug/1/.git/
init  ok
(Recording state in git...)
commit  
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)
ok
direct  ok
$ cd 2; git init; git-annex init; git annex direct; echo "file added to 2" > file_from_2; cd ..
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/pedrocr/testannexbug/2/.git/
init  ok
(Recording state in git...)
commit  
# On branch master
#
# Initial commit
#
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)
ok
direct  ok
$ cd 1; git remote add 2 ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/2; git annex assistant; cd ..
$ cd 2; git remote add 1 ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/1; git annex assistant; cd ..
$ ls -la 1
total 20
drwxrwxr-x 3 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 Dec 15 11:33 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 Dec 15 11:33 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 pedrocr pedrocr   16 Dec 15 11:33 file_from_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 pedrocr pedrocr   16 Dec 15 11:33 file_from_2
drwxrwxr-x 9 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 Dec 15 11:33 .git
$ ls -la 2
total 20
drwxrwxr-x 3 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 Dec 15 11:33 .
drwxrwxr-x 4 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 Dec 15 11:33 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 pedrocr pedrocr   16 Dec 15 11:33 file_from_1
-rw-rw-r-- 1 pedrocr pedrocr   16 Dec 15 11:33 file_from_2
drwxrwxr-x 9 pedrocr pedrocr 4096 Dec 15 11:33 .git

$ date | tee 1/file_from_1
Sun Dec 15 11:53:18 WET 2013
$ date | tee 2/file_from_2
Sun Dec 15 11:53:22 WET 2013
$ cat 1/*
Sun Dec 15 11:53:18 WET 2013
file added to 2
$ cat 2/*
file added to 1
Sun Dec 15 11:53:22 WET 2013
$

$ tail -n 20 1/.git/annex/daemon.log 
(Recording state in git...)
add file_from_1 (checksum...) [2013-12-15 11:53:18 WET] Committer: Committing changes to git
[2013-12-15 11:53:18 WET] Pusher: Syncing with 2 

file_from_1
          29 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)

sent 104 bytes  received 31 bytes  270.00 bytes/sec
total size is 29  speedup is 0.21
[2013-12-15 11:53:18 WET] Transferrer: Uploaded file_from_1
Already up-to-date.
To ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/2
   f025062..431ac37  git-annex -> synced/git-annex
   d393bb3..fef60ca  annex/direct/master -> synced/master
Already up-to-date.
[2013-12-15 11:53:21 WET] Pusher: Syncing with 2 
To ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/2
   431ac37..3cc7045  git-annex -> synced/git-annex


$ tail -n 20 2/.git/annex/daemon.log 
(Recording state in git...)
add file_from_2 (checksum...) [2013-12-15 11:53:22 WET] Committer: Committing changes to git
[2013-12-15 11:53:22 WET] Pusher: Syncing with 1 

file_from_2
          29 100%    0.00kB/s    0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1)
Already up-to-date.

sent 104 bytes  received 31 bytes  270.00 bytes/sec
total size is 29  speedup is 0.21
[2013-12-15 11:53:22 WET] Transferrer: Uploaded file_from_2
To ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/1
   ebbcd4c..dae7a77  git-annex -> synced/git-annex
   ffd5a90..67ad7c1  annex/direct/master -> synced/master
Already up-to-date.
[2013-12-15 11:53:25 WET] Pusher: Syncing with 1 
To ssh://localhost/~pedrocr/Hacks/test-git-annex/1
   dae7a77..976c899  git-annex -> synced/git-annex

$ lsb_release -v
No LSB modules are available.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release:    12.04
Codename:   precise
$ git annex version
git-annex version: 5.20131130
build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus XMPP Feeds Quvi TDFA
key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 WORM URL
remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web webdav glacier hook