Changes to file on disk MUST NOT be loaded without user confirmation

[hgroene]

• VSCode Version: 1.20.1
• OS Version: Ubuntu 16.04

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Outside VSCode, copy file A to file B
2. Open file B in VSCode, make changes and save (do not close file B buffer)
3. Change view to not file B buffer.
4. [Accidentally] repeat step 1
5. Change view back to file B buffer.
6. See how all your changes in buffer B are destroyed when VSCode silently reloads file B
7. Cry over all the work you just lost. :-(

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[vscodebot]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Saving a file no longer keeps it open (#41314)
• Editor prevent developer to add missing close parenthesis from within another matching parentheses (#42748)

[bpasero]

@hgroene to be clear, you saved a file in VS Code and then you overwrote the contents with a copy operation outside of VS Code and then you say you lost your changes? But you intentionally overwrote the file outside VS Code, no?

[hgroene]

I saved a file in VSCode and then unintentionally overwrote the file outside of VSCode. The file was still open in VSCode but the contents were replaced with the changed file.

[bpasero]

/duplicate #14298

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