Reproduction case for #1342. Check that when the user edits files in _build, things are rebuild as expected. $ echo 42 > x $ dune build x $ cat _build/default/x 42 $ chmod u+w _build/default/x $ echo 0 > _build/default/x To force the mtime to change: https://github.com/ocaml/dune/pull/1359 $ touch -t 01010000 _build/default/x $ dune build x $ cat _build/default/x 42