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@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ Many races need to be dealt with by this code. Here are some of them.
**Currently unfixed**; The new content will be moved to the annex under the
old checksum, and fsck will later catch this inconsistency.
- Possible fix: Move content someplace before doing checksumming.
+ Possible fix: Move content someplace before doing checksumming. Perhaps
+ using a hard link and removing the write bit to prevent modification
+ while checksumming.
* File is added and then replaced with another file before the annex add
makes its symlink.