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Problem

Virtual file systems (like MemFS) can modify file content during a writeFile operation, causing the editor to display stale content. This happens because:

  1. The editor calls writeFile on the file system provider
  2. The file system provider modifies the content (different from what was passed) and fires a change event
  3. The editor ignores the change event because it just completed a save operation

Solution

This PR enhances the file system change detection to properly handle virtual file systems:

  1. Added an optional mtime property to the IFileChange interface to track file modification times
  2. Added a stat method to FileChangesEvent class to retrieve modification times from file change events
  3. Enhanced the TestFS._fireSoon method to include mtime in file change events
  4. Modified TextFileEditorModelManager.onDidFilesChange to better handle virtual file system changes

These changes ensure that the editor model gets reloaded with the latest content from disk when a virtual file system modifies content during a write operation.

Testing

The MemFS sample extension provided in the issue has been tested with these changes, and it now correctly shows the updated file content after saving.

Fixes #249906.

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Co-authored-by: bpasero <900690+bpasero@users.noreply.github.com>
@Copilot Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] VS Code not showing correct file content for virtual files that are changed on writeFile() Fix VS Code not showing correct file content for virtual files that change on writeFile May 28, 2025
@Copilot Copilot AI requested a review from bpasero May 28, 2025 06:06
@bpasero bpasero closed this Jun 2, 2025
@bpasero bpasero deleted the copilot/fix-249906 branch June 2, 2025 12:16
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