[Github-comments] [geany/geany] in some cases, Geany doesn't detect file has been overwritten (#2133)

[Matthew Brush]

> But st_ctime doesn't cover a file having its contents changed

Dunno, just went by some [random website](https://www.unixtutorial.org/atime-ctime-mtime-in-unix-filesystems), I didn't test it.

> Geany is checking for a file having its contents changed, not the file itself being replaced.

It would be useful to detect the metadata changes too. For example if you make a script executable on the command-line, it could notify you so you don't clobber over that.

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