microsoft / microsoft/CopyOnWrite
Create clone using shadow copy?
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- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 153
- Forks
- 9
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Description
Is it possible/safe to create a clone of a locked file using shadow copy?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue does not name a file, test, or entry point. Start by reviewing the repository's existing CopyOnWrite API and its OS-specific behavior, then determine whether creating a clone of a locked file through shadow copy is supported and safe; done should include a documented feasibility decision and a defined implementation scope if needed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100