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Annoying warning "... has been modified by another application" while the file was modified by TeXstudio itself
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Description
Hello,
I would like to report a bug.
I have an included file in my project:
\input{../Preamble/math}
When I click on the file (in the file explorer of TeXstudio), modify and save it, I get a warning:
../Preamble/math.tex has been modified by another application...
Please find below a screenshot and my system information.
Thank you.

Environment
- TeXstudio: 2.12.10
- Qt: 5.11.1
- OS: Mac OS X High Sierra
- TeX distribution: TeX Live
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Research direction
Reproduce issue #331 on the reported TeXstudio 2.12.10, Qt 5.11.1, macOS High Sierra environment using the included file path ../Preamble/math.tex. Trace the file-change warning after editing and saving that file from TeXstudio's file explorer; done means the warning no longer appears when TeXstudio itself made the modification.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, latex
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100