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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.274
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.274
+Problem:    When doing ":update" just before running an external command that
+	    changes the file, the timestamp may be unchanged and the file
+	    is not reloaded.
+Solution:   Also check the file size.
+Files:	    src/fileio.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.273/src/fileio.c	2014-04-06 20:45:40.123357453 +0200
+--- src/fileio.c	2014-05-02 15:35:19.671279728 +0200
+***************
+*** 6897,6902 ****
+--- 6897,6903 ----
+  	    && buf->b_mtime != 0
+  	    && ((stat_res = mch_stat((char *)buf->b_ffname, &st)) < 0
+  		|| time_differs((long)st.st_mtime, buf->b_mtime)
++ 		|| st.st_size != buf->b_orig_size
+  #ifdef HAVE_ST_MODE
+  		|| (int)st.st_mode != buf->b_orig_mode
+  #else
+*** ../vim-7.4.273/src/version.c	2014-04-29 20:04:05.331539784 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2014-05-02 15:36:22.619278625 +0200
+***************
+*** 736,737 ****
+--- 736,739 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     274,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
+///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
+\\\  an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org        ///
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