GNU bug report logs - #75626
31.0.50; Dired misses or double-processes files when auto-revert-mode is enabled

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Message #247 received at 75626-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 75626-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#75626: 31.0.50; Dired misses or double-processes files when
 auto-revert-mode is enabled
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 02:07:38 +0100

Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > Can the issue from Bug#71264 as well happen for file operations other
> > than deletion?
>
> Could be.  One would need to look at each command.  Basically, the issue
> of the two bugs can occur when auto-revert may happen which is when
> Emacs is waiting for a process to finish (like in this bug) or when
> waiting for user-input (like the confirmation prompt in bug#71264).

We could try to catch more of these situations programmatically.  We
could, for example, change `dired-buffer-stale-p' to return non-nil
when the selected window is an active minibuffer window and
`minibuffer-selected-window' is a window displaying the buffer which is
queried to be auto-reverted.  With other words: avoid auto revert
whenever the user is currently in a prompt from a command started in a
dired buffer.

Would something like that make sense?


Michael.

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