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		evgpbfhnr on June 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Try: run a command and inspect its effects before ... it doesn't, will just overwrite the file with its version (cp -af)

mihaic on June 26, 2023 [–]

At least I'd prefer for it to fail if something changed the files underneath me, and prompt me if I want to retry for real.

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