Re: org-cite: how to force a reparsing of the .bib file

[Ihor Radchenko]

Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:

> Does org-cite monitor contents or the timestamp?
> I am using a symlink to the bib file.

Timestamp.

Does the attached patch fix the problem?

>From 39b503301fc7a3ea68733dfd9e4391e3f84efec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:12:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] oc-basic: Fix detecting changes in symlinked bibliography

* lisp/oc-basic.el (org-cite-basic--parse-bibliography): Use
`file-truename' to follow symlinks first before checking bibliography
file change times.

Reported-by: Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca>
Link: 877cpmkds1.fsf@t14.reltub.ca">https://orgmode.org/list/877cpmkds1.fsf@t14.reltub.ca
---
 lisp/oc-basic.el | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lisp/oc-basic.el b/lisp/oc-basic.el
index 84d9492ea..c4468e5a8 100644
--- a/lisp/oc-basic.el
+++ b/lisp/oc-basic.el
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ (defun org-cite-basic--parse-bibliography (&optional info)
       (plist-get info :cite-basic/bibliography)
     (let ((results nil))
       (dolist (file (org-cite-list-bibliography-files))
+        ;; Follow symlinks, to look into modification time of the
+        ;; actual file, not its symlink.
+        (setq file (file-truename file))
         (when (file-readable-p file)
           (with-temp-buffer
             (when (or (org-file-has-changed-p file)
-- 
2.41.0


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