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+// +build norwfs
+
+package dotgit
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing"
+)
+
+// There are some filesystems that don't support opening files in RDWD mode.
+// In these filesystems the standard SetRef function can not be used as i
+// reads the reference file to check that it's not modified before updating it.
+//
+// This version of the function writes the reference without extra checks
+// making it compatible with these simple filesystems. This is usually not
+// a problem as they should be accessed by only one process at a time.
+func (d *DotGit) setRef(fileName, content string, old *plumbing.Reference) error {
+	_, err := d.fs.Stat(fileName)
+	if err == nil && old != nil {
+		fRead, err := d.fs.Open(fileName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		ref, err := d.readReferenceFrom(fRead, old.Name().String())
+		fRead.Close()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if ref.Hash() != old.Hash() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("reference has changed concurrently")
+		}
+	}
+
+	f, err := d.fs.Create(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	_, err = f.Write([]byte(content))
+	return err
+}