Vim safe write stops file watching from working correctly

The vim text editor has a feature called 'safe write'. Unfortunately, this stops processes from detecting when the file vim is editing has been changed. Setting backupcopy to yes will fix this.

References

• Parcel docs: Safe Write

Backlinks

• CAN may not recognise changes to your scratchfile if your editor has safewrite
  • I've found that CAN may not recognise changes to a scratchfile. Turns out it is an issue with safewrite - vim safewrite stops file watching from working correctly