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Bug 192319

Summary:	Better Handling of External Changes
Product:	platform	Reporter:	tofarr <tofarr>
Component:	Data Systems	Assignee:	Jaroslav Havlin <jhavlin>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.4
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description tofarr 2010-11-23 09:36:27 UTC

When an external change happens to a file (for example, if a user accidentally overwrites a source file with an external file), the IDE automatically takes the change and updates the editor with it. Other IDEs present a dialog asking the user to confirm this is what they wanted, but netbeans does not, and no undo option is available for this operation. I suggest either:

* Presenting a confirm dialog to the user
* Saving an entry to the local history so the user can revert if they wish

Comment 1 Sarke 2014-02-13 00:43:16 UTC

+1 for this.

Currently there is a confirm dialog box, but there should be a third option: Merge changes.

In either case, the UNDO NEEDS TO WORK! 

The suggested "add entry to local history" would be great so we can do merge/diff manually.