3 files changed, 73 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_setref.go b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_setref.go
index d27c1a3..9da2f31 100644
--- a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_setref.go
+++ b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_setref.go
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
-// +build !norwfs
-
 package dotgit
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/utils/ioutil"
+
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-billy.v4"
 )
 
 func (d *DotGit) setRef(fileName, content string, old *plumbing.Reference) (err error) {
+	if billy.CapabilityCheck(d.fs, billy.ReadAndWriteCapability) {
+		return d.setRefRwfs(fileName, content, old)
+	}
+
+	return d.setRefNorwfs(fileName, content, old)
+}
+
+func (d *DotGit) setRefRwfs(fileName, content string, old *plumbing.Reference) (err error) {
 	// If we are not checking an old ref, just truncate the file.
 	mode := os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREATE
 	if old == nil {
@@ -41,3 +50,41 @@ func (d *DotGit) setRef(fileName, content string, old *plumbing.Reference) (err
 	_, err = f.Write([]byte(content))
 	return err
 }
+
+// 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 it
+// 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) setRefNorwfs(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
+}
diff --git a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5695bd3..0000000
--- a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// +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
-}
diff --git a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go
index 308c6b7..73b0291 100644
--- a/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go
+++ b/storage/filesystem/dotgit/dotgit_test.go
@@ -57,11 +57,26 @@ func (s *SuiteDotGit) TestSetRefs(c *C) {
 	fs := osfs.New(tmp)
 	dir := New(fs)
 
+	testSetRefs(c, dir)
+}
+
+func (s *SuiteDotGit) TestSetRefsNorwfs(c *C) {
+	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "dot-git")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmp)
+
+	fs := osfs.New(tmp)
+	dir := New(&norwfs{fs})
+
+	testSetRefs(c, dir)
+}
+
+func testSetRefs(c *C, dir *DotGit) {
 	firstFoo := plumbing.NewReferenceFromStrings(
 		"refs/heads/foo",
 		"e8d3ffab552895c19b9fcf7aa264d277cde33881",
 	)
-	err = dir.SetRef(firstFoo, nil)
+	err := dir.SetRef(firstFoo, nil)
 
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
@@ -795,3 +810,11 @@ func (s *SuiteDotGit) TestAlternates(c *C) {
 	}
 	c.Assert(dotgits[1].fs.Root(), Equals, expectedPath)
 }
+
+type norwfs struct {
+	billy.Filesystem
+}
+
+func (f *norwfs) Capabilities() billy.Capability {
+	return billy.Capabilities(f.Filesystem) &^ billy.ReadAndWriteCapability
+}