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I just found another bug while testing this bug:

1. Open Notepad

2. Type <space> then backspace. (asterisk shows in title bar - arguably a bug here, but ignoring that ...)

3. Open a new text file. Asterisk showing in the title bar (Expected: no asterisk) - Unless you move the mouse over the window (then the asterisk disappears).

Windows 10 Enterprise v1909

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The behaviour in (2) seems to be pretty standard across editors I've used: Typing a letter and deleting it does count as a modified file; typing a letter and ^Z to undo it does not make the file count as modified.

That's not how VS Code handles it - typing a letter and deleting it does NOT count as a modified file.

Typing a letter and deleting it still counts as a modified file for me with VSCode, unless there's some platform-specific behavior or setting I'm missing. (I tested on Linux.)

I just tested (VS Code version 1.55.0 on Debian Bullseye, Linux 5.10.0-5-amd64) and it DOES show as modified to add then delete a character. I wonder if there's a setting somewhere or such.

Right, because the undo buffer is a list of transactions, not a comparison against disk state.

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