Using formatter findent with format code on save produces error "Failed to save" file

[maroony]

Describe the bug
When using the formatter findent with option "editor.formatOnSave": true, every time I got the following error message:

Failed to save 'file.f90': The content of the file is newer. Please compare your version with the file contents or overwrite the content of the file with your changes.

I do not get this error when using formatter fprettify which is very slow in compare to findent.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open file.f90
2. Make a change in this file
3. Hit key command for saving the file (e. g. Ctrl + S)
4. Get the error message

Expected behavior
Saved formatted file.

Build info (please complete the following information):

• Linux x64 (Remote Development)
• Extension Version 2.6.2
• Visual Studio Code Version 1.63.2

Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.

[gnikit]

Yeah, we have not implemented formatOnSave yet. I can't seem to remember why I didn't but the fix "should" be trivial, we only have overload an internal VS Code function with the existing one.

[trybik]

Bumping up this issue - at least some error-handling, as this is a very annoying and confusing error to get if you have formatOnSave globally enabled.

[gnikit]

Does setting up the formatter to "Disabled" for the extension solve the issue?

[trybik]

Does setting up the formatter to "Disabled" for the extension solve the issue?

if you mean setting "editor.formatOnSave": false, then yes, it does prevent the error pop-up

[gnikit]

No, I mean the extension's settings for formatting: "fortran.formatting.formatter": "Disabled",. If that does not stop it, for the time being you can setup workspace specific settings which take precedence over your global ones.

[HamGhibli]

Hi, I had similar issue today.
So locally, in the folder's /.vscode/settings.json, setting : { "editor.formatOnSave": false } solves the issue.
However, if we try locally the following settings enabling the formatOnSave while disabling fortran formatting,:
{
"editor.formatOnSave": true,
"fortran.formatting.formatter": "Disabled"
}

the issue is still there !

as additional info, I am using:

• Ubuntu 20.04.3
• Vscode 1.63.2
• Modern Fortran Extension v2.6.2

[gnikit]

enabling the formatOnSave while disabling fortran formatting,

Thanks @HamGhibli that's what I wanted to know. BTW are you sure that version 2.6.2 has that option present. I think this should only be available in the pre-release version where I did a major rewrite of the interface.

I am slightly short on time so any volunteers for this would be appreciated.

[terrry-sh]

Hey guys I implemented a potential fix here: #370. Please let me know how it is

[HamGhibli]

@gnikit thanks for the reply. I did not switch to the pre-release version yet...

[gnikit]

I have issued a fix as a pre-release, I would NOTE the different interface that we have adopted in the extension.