Olivier Lischer <olivier.lisc...@liolin.ch> writes: >> Thanks for the patch, but may you please explain why introducing such >> variable is useful? > > Sure. > > I configure all my .dotfiles in an Org mode file and tangle the > configuration in the right places. The tangled files are all > read-only to prevent accidentally editing of the "right" configuration > file. With the current tangling mechanism, this results in a "Permission > denied" error because the function writes to a read-only file. In a > earlier version this use case was possible because the file was > recreated before writing to it.
Thanks for the explanation! I suggest changing your patch, setting the default value of `org-babel-tangle-remove-file-before-write' to 'auto. This will keep the current behaviour but fall back to delete + write new file when the tangle target is read-only. That will avoid feature regression. -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
