I for one do all sharing of files between guest and host using Dropbox and git. I've found that shared volumes have many problems like the one you cite, and tre

I for one do all sharing of files between guest and host using Dropbox and git. I've found that shared volumes have many problems like the one you cite, and treating them like two separate machines is usually the easiest way for me. If I had two physical machines with the same configuration as my guest/host, I would use network-based sync, so that's what I do on my Windows host (gaming pc at home, laptop that needs to be work friendly) with my Arch guest VM.