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Git - Discarding changes on open file error

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#114,374 opened on Jan 14, 2021

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Description

Hi, In the source control view, using Git, if I try to discard changes on a file that is currently open (specifically, a CSV file open in Excel), I get an error message that is about arguments being wrong. I would imagine it should give me a file is open error instead of something about arguments.

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Investigate the error handling for discard changes when file is open, and improve the error message to indicate file is in use.
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typescript
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