GNU bug report logs - #52242
29.0.50; Feature Request: Offer to run`diff-buffer-with-file' in `recover-this-file' prompt

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Visuwesh <visuwesh <at> tutanota.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 53280, 58253

Found in version 29.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 52242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: 52242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52242: 29.0.50;  Feature Request: Offer to
 run`diff-buffer-with-file' in `recover-this-file' prompt
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:52:59 +0530

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
[வியாழன் டிசம்பர் 02, 2021] Visuwesh wrote:

> `recover-this-file' quite helpfully shows the time of creation of the
> auto-save file.  However, this is not always enough to decide whether I
> should recover from said auto-save file since there's no way of knowing
> if the changes in auto-save file are desirable [1] so I end up answering
> yes, then run `diff-buffer-with-file' anyway.  I think having a
> `diff-buffer-with-file' option like `save-some-buffers' would be a
> quality-of-life improvement.

Please find attached path that uses read-answer to present the diff.


[0001-Offer-to-show-diff-against-auto-save-in-recover-file.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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