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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-06-14 20:06:43 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-06-14 20:06:43 -0400
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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ There is a `watch` branch in git that adds the command.
Possible fixes:
* Somehow track or detect if a file is open for write by any processes.
+ `lsof` could be used, although it would be a little slow.
* Or, when possible, making a copy on write copy before adding the file
would avoid this.
* Or, as a last resort, make an expensive copy of the file and add that.