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var things = dbContext.Things.AsQueryable();
var thing = things.First();
string name = thing.Name;
thing.Name = name;
var entry = dbContext.Entry(thing);
var state = entry.State;
int count = dbContext.ChangeTracker.Entries().Count(e => e.State == EntityState.Modified);
var modified = entry.Property(x => x.Name).IsModified;