>From f0b3de73ba72ada91c3efe2d150b606d35ca4e5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Branham Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 15:17:40 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add more informative error when no autosave file available * lisp/files.el (recover-file): Distinguish between autosave file not existing versus not being current --- lisp/files.el | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index cda2c1abd5..1bd0ba6427 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -5851,7 +5851,11 @@ recover-file (error "%s is an auto-save file" (abbreviate-file-name file))) (let ((file-name (let ((buffer-file-name file)) (make-auto-save-file-name)))) - (cond ((if (file-exists-p file) + (cond ((and (file-exists-p file) + (not (file-exists-p file-name))) + (error "No auto save file %s found" + (abbreviate-file-name file-name))) + ((if (file-exists-p file) (not (file-newer-than-file-p file-name file)) (not (file-exists-p file-name))) (error "Auto-save file %s not current" -- 2.15.0