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bug#19029: Cut down on useless "really edit the buffer?" prompts
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bug#19029: Cut down on useless "really edit the buffer?" prompts |
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Sat, 25 Mar 2017 18:06:21 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
tags 19029 fixed
close 19029 26.1
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Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@gmail.com> writes:
> Request: if Emacs detects timestamp change, let it read the file and compare
> it with the buffer; if they are byte-to-byte identical, just ignore the
> timestamp.
>
> To reproduce: open any existing file, say 'x.txt'. Now type:
>
> M-! touch x.txt
>
> and try to edit the buffer.
>
> Paul
This is implemented in master [1: 5a4bffb661].
etc/NEWS:
** No more prompt about changed file when the file's content is unchanged.
Instead of only checking the modification time, Emacs now also checks
the file's actual content before prompting the user.
1: 2016-09-02 11:44:13 -0400 5a4bffb6617a274ca19bc7f5c1b1ceb6345651ab
Check actual contents before promting about changed file
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