Brackets sometimes doesn't pick up file modifications

[dbkaplun]

Is there any way to manually reload an open file from disk? If a file has been modified outside of Brackets, sometimes Brackets doesn't pick up these changes. It would be great to be able to do it manually.

[peterflynn]

@Beardtree Can you describe steps that cause that to happen? Brackets should always pick up changes made externally without you needing to take any special steps.

[dbkaplun]

It happens sporadically -- I am not sure what causes this and will try to figure it out. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 so I think it is related to inotify's max_user_watches.

It would be nice to have the option to force-reload from disk, even with automatic reloading, since it is not always possible to detect file changes.

[marcelgerber]

I'm seeing the same on Windows sometimes, even while I don't have valid steps.

[peterflynn]

Reviewed - to me to continue investigating

[peterflynn]

@Beardtree @SAplayer Is there any chance some of the files you're viewing/editing are accessed through a symlink? There's a known issue with file watchers and symlinks (#6692) that we plan to fix.

Also, the next time you hit this can you check the console for errors? In particular, any errors that seem related to the Node process Brackets runs? (Or if you see an error saying "File watchers went offline!").

Lastly -- if you can manage it, maybe try running Brackets for a while with all extensions disabled, to see if the problem still happens then.

[peterflynn]

Oh, also @Beardtree @SAplayer do you have a sense of how often you're seeing this? Once a day, couple times a week, less...?

[marcelgerber]

I saw it only one or two times until now, while I did something in git (but nothing big, I know there were some issues with big checkouts and so on).

[zaggino]

This happens sometimes to me when switching Git branches (doesn't matter if through extension or just in command line) but I've never been able to replicate it 100%.

[ingorichter]

I always see this when switching branches with git extension installed.