Potential fix for h5py deepcopy issues

Author: shoyer

xarray/core/indexing.py

@@ -664,6 +664,12 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         self._ensure_copied()
         self.array[key] = value
 
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
+        # CopyOnWriteArray is used to wrap backend array objects, which might
+        # point to files on disk. Implementing __deepcopy__ this way ensures
+        # that deep copying is always valid, and results in an in-memory copy.
+        return type(self)(np.array(self.array))
+
 
 class MemoryCachedArray(ExplicitlyIndexedNDArrayMixin):
     __slots__ = ("array",)