From 48bda87df5ec7d5ca0fb4b0b4a6cfacb2e5c63f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shashi Gowda <shashi@juliacomputing.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 15:28:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] use open instead of touch to appease Azure fs

---
 src/AssetRegistry.jl | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/AssetRegistry.jl b/src/AssetRegistry.jl
index 7d16788..cf9de7c 100644
--- a/src/AssetRegistry.jl
+++ b/src/AssetRegistry.jl
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ function register(path; registry_file = joinpath(homedir(), ".jlassetregistry.js
 
     # update global registry file
 
-    touch(registry_file)
+    # touch(registry_file) -- this doesn't work on Azure fs
+    if !isfile(registry_file)
+        # WARN: may need a lock here
+        open(_->nothing, registry_file, "w")
+    end
 
     pidlock = joinpath(homedir(), ".jlassetregistry.lock")