GNU bug report logs - #18336
24.4.50; When editing externally changed file, Emacs asks too many questions

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, npostavs <at> gmail.com, 18336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18336: 24.4.50; When editing externally changed file, Emacs asks too many questions
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 19:58:47 +0200

> From: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: npostavs <at> gmail.com,  stefan <at> marxist.se,  18336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 18:45:33 +0100
> 
> > Please try the latest pretest of Emacs 27, things are more reasonable
> > now.
> 
> Uh, I compiled today from master.

Then you see something very different from what I see on the emacs-27
branch, which is very strange.

When I modify the file in Emacs, after it was modified by some other
program, I see this:

  FILE changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h)

Pressing 'y' shows this:

  File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.

Typing C-x C-s then shows this:

  FILE has changed since visited or saved.  Save anyway? (yes or no)

Typing "yes" then says

  Wrote FILE

That sounds reasonable to me.

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