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Quit MacDown without saving

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Description

Slightly related to old #795

Here is how my morning went: I glanced at a project README.md in MacDown and decided to redo it in Vim. Once finished, I took a look at it in again MacDown. Then I quit MacDown and was presented with the question:

* Save
* Revert changes
* Cancel.

I assumed "save" will overwrite and "cancel" is to abort the quitting and "revert" is your typical "discard changes" button. But no. Revert dug up the original file from somewhere(?) and wrote it over the README.md I spent the whole morning writing in vim.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the README.md and Vim workflow described in the issue, then inspect MacDown’s quit and unsaved-changes flow. Determine how the Save, Revert changes, and Cancel actions are presented and handled; done means quitting no longer unexpectedly overwrites newer external edits and the available choices match their labels.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
macos, objective-c
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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