« Files changed on disk » with my custom file editor

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4.3

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Hey folks!

I’m building my own file editor as a learning project, and I wanna test it out for Godot projects.

When I set in the options that I use an external IDE like VS code, it reflects code changes in the Godot editor.

But when I edit files on the file system using my thing (so programmatically edit the files), I didn’t managed to get rid of the « Files changed on disk » modal I need to accept in Godot (after switching tabs to trigger it).

I tried to play around with the EditorFileSystem methods, like reimport_files([path]), but without success :frowning: still have to accept this modal.

My goal is to directly edit Godot files on the file system for the changes to be reflected in the Godot editor in kinda « hot reload ».

Curious if you have any ideas ?

Here’s a quick example of what I’m trying to do:

var path = "/Users/hugoduprez/alfred/MyGame.tscn"
var editor_fs = EditorInterface.get_resource_filesystem()
var file = FileAccess.open(path, FileAccess.WRITE)
# This simulates the file being edited in my own external file editor
var file_data = """[gd_scene format=3 uid="uid://cxrsnpwdfbu5"]

[node name="MyGame" type="Node3D"]

[node name="Sphere" type="CSGSphere3D" parent="."]
transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0)
radius = 1.0""";

if file:
	file.store_string(file_data)
	print("File edited")
	file.close()

	editor_fs.scan() # Doesn't get rid of the "File has been changed on disk" dialog
	editor_fs.scan_sources() # This doesn't help either
	editor_fs.update_file(path) # This doesn't help either