GNU bug report logs - #35497
[PATCH] Don't rewrite buffer contents after saving by rename

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jonathan Tomer <jktomer <at> google.com>

Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 35497 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jonathan Tomer <jktomer <at> google.com>
Cc: 35497 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#35497: [PATCH] Don't rewrite buffer contents after saving by
 rename
Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 22:54:49 +0300

> From: Jonathan Tomer <jktomer <at> google.com>
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 12:29:42 -0700
> Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 35497 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> It's true that notifications are imperfect, but IMO they are the only possible way to test that particular invariant,

I'm not sure.  You could instead advise or hook write-region, and see
that it is not being called to write to the file, for example.
Wouldn't that be easier and more reliable?
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