git-annex repositories not seen when using sync without alwayscommit

central-git-annex.sh

#!/bin/sh -x

set -e ; set -u
export LC_ALL=C

h=${h:-localhost}
dr="/tmp/annex"

chmod a+rwx -R pc1 pc2 || true
rm -Rf pc1 pc2

# create central git repo
ssh $h "chmod a+rwx -R ${dr}/Docs.git" || true
ssh $h "rm -Rf ${dr}/Docs.git"
ssh $h "mkdir -p ${dr}/Docs.git"
ssh $h "cd ${dr}/Docs.git ; git init --bare"

d=$(pwd)

# populate repo in PC1
mkdir -p pc1/Docs
cd pc1/Docs
echo AAA > fileA
echo BBB > fileB

git init
git config annex.alwayscommit false # change to true to solve this problem

git remote add origin $h:$dr/Docs.git
git fetch --all

# simulate a host without git-annex
git config remote.origin.annex-ignore true

git annex init "pc1"
git annex info

git annex direct
git annex sync origin

git annex add .
git annex sync

# re-create repo on PC2
cd $d
mkdir -p pc2
cd pc2
git clone $h:$dr/Docs.git
cd Docs

git config remote.origin.annex-ignore true

git annex init "pc2"
git annex direct
git annex info

# git annex info shows only pc2, shouldn't pc1 be there as well?