Comment 18 for bug 98836

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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: [Bug 98836] Re: [MASTER] "OS locks must die" - dirstate file write locks exclude readers and limit portability

We rewrite the dirstate file in-place, which will be rather messy
without the os lock.

I will mention that I have put up a branch that works without oslocks;
it needs a little polish is all and should solve the problem
permanently.