diff -r 73169e5d2732 -r edfe69548e2a mercurial/util_win32.py
--- a/mercurial/util_win32.py	Tue Jul 17 23:33:42 2007 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/util_win32.py	Wed Jul 25 15:58:10 2007 +0900
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self, name, mode='rb'):
         access = 0
-        if 'r' in mode:
+        if 'r' in mode or '+' in mode:
             access |= win32file.GENERIC_READ
         if 'w' in mode or 'a' in mode or '+' in mode:
             access |= win32file.GENERIC_WRITE