Projucer overwrites existing files without warning when using "Add new CPP & header file"

Linux
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I originally posted this to github here

Steps to reproduce:

  • Create a project in the Projucer (I’m using an audio effect project)
  • Click on an “Add new CPP & header file”
  • Select PluginEditor.h
  • Click OK

After reloading the files in the Projucer, they have become blank with only a comment at the top and a single preprocessor directive.

I just destroyed two of my files this way after accidentally clicking this option instead of the “Add existing files…”.
I’m using 64-bit Linux.

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There’s not much we can do if you’ve selected the file and chosen to overwrite it. The file browser dialog that is shown is the native platform dialog (not a JUCE one) and it looks like on Linux it doesn’t warn you about overwriting existing files.

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0001-added-warning-when-overwriting-files-to-zenity.patch (1.8 KB)

There is an option in zenity to show a warning. This patch enables that when the corresponding flag is set.

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I’ll get this merged in, thanks!