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IDE should automatically pick up changes made to files in external editors #2607

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@JetForMe

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@JetForMe

Describe the request

The IDE should automatically pick up changes made to files from outside the IDE.

Describe the current behavior

In order to more rapidly prototype some code, I develop it in Xcode, and then periodically build in Arduino to see how it works on the device. Every time I make changes externally, the Arduino editor fails to notice, and when I save changes in the IDE, it says something like "The file <> has been changed on the file system, do you want to overwrite it." I almost never want to overwrite it, but I have to answer this for every file that might've changed.

Furthermore, the IDE doesn't see the changes on disk, and continues to show stale contents in the editor tabs. It should refresh these contents so I can seamlessly edit in both environments.

Arduino IDE version

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macOS

Operating system version

15.2

Additional context

Discussion:

https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduinio-ide-automatically-loading-external-file-changes/1322461/6


There have been long-standing similar requests: arduino/Arduino#4551

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