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Disappearing warnings for missing files

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I am not sure it is a bug, but it is some unconvinient usecase, that gave me so much troubles, i even bothered to register and post it here )
Probably you can give me an advice how to avoid it.

Workflow:

  1. mount some directory (via sshfs, flash drive - whatever)
  2. add the directory to a project
  3. open some document there with ST2 “sample.txt” and edit it
  4. close ST2 without closing the tab with file
  5. unmount the directory
  6. open ST2
  7. you get opened project and opened tab with empty file “sample.txt”. No warning here
  8. mount the directory
  9. now if you save empty file or Alt+Tab with “save_on_focus_lost” option - ST2 will write empty file to the destination, wiping original file - old content is lost. No warning here

if the directory was not added to project - ST2 sometimes warn you, that file contens on disk has changed, but not always.

imho, combination of “save_on_focus_lost” with nonpermanent folders does cause some unpredicatable behiviour and some sort of warning would be helpfull here.

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