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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
+ subject="git-annex-add on a file that is being written by some process"
+ date="2019-10-08T17:03:33Z"
+ content="""
+Does `git-annex-add` also check for actively-written files, and wait until they're no longer being written before adding them?
+
+"""]]