auto saving with every change

[sameer1612]

It is saving whenever I make any change in the buffer, (x, D, insert, etc). I just want it to save when current buffer gets hidden, as in being replaced by another file I open with telescope.

return {
  "okuuva/auto-save.nvim",
  opts = {
    enabled = true,
    execution_message = {
      enabled = true,
      message = function() -- message to print on save
        return ("AutoSave: saved at " .. vim.fn.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
      end,
      dim = 0.18, -- dim the color of `message`
      cleaning_interval = 1250, -- (milliseconds) automatically clean MsgArea after displaying `message`. See :h MsgArea
    },
    trigger_events = {
      immediate_save = { "BufHidden" }, -- vim events that trigger an immediate save
      defer_save = {}, -- vim events that trigger a deferred save (saves after `debounce_delay`)
      cancel_defered_save = {}, -- vim events that cancel a pending deferred save
    },
    -- function that takes the buffer handle and determines whether to save the current buffer or not
    -- return true: if buffer is ok to be saved
    -- return false: if it's not ok to be saved
    -- if set to `nil` then no specific condition is applied
    condition = nil,
    write_all_buffers = true, -- write all buffers when the current one meets `condition`
    noautocmd = false, -- do not execute autocmds when saving
    debounce_delay = 0, -- delay after which a pending save is executed
    -- log debug messages to 'auto-save.log' file in neovim cache directory, set to `true` to enable
    debug = false,
  },
}

[sameer1612]

@okuuva this is pretty much same configs as mentioned in the readme. can you please check the trigger events in my setup

[okuuva]

@sameer1612 I'll try to do some debugging tomorrow but I'd say you want BufLeave as the trigger event instead of BufHidden. You could also try setting defer_save and cancel_defer_save to nil instead of an empty table.

[primeapple]

I can not reproduce your problems @sameer1612, your setup works for me. Could you do a screencast with the debug window open? (tail -f ~/.cache/nvim/auto-save.log, with debug set to true?)

What is your version? (see lazy-lock.json file)

[sameer1612]

I can not reproduce your problems @sameer1612, your setup works for me. Could you do a screencast with the debug window open? (tail -f ~/.cache/nvim/auto-save.log, with debug set to true?)

What is your version? (see lazy-lock.json file)

sure @primeapple . My requirement: I want my file to be saved whenever I move to some other buffer. (Not when my buffer content changes)

No logs found! (@okuuva I have your suggested changes and restarted as well)

From lazy lock file: "auto-save.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "979b6c82f60cfa80f4cf437d77446d0ded0addf0" },

Screencast here:

https://youtu.be/DSxugLKsHEs

[primeapple]

Yeah, your problem is that you are still on the old fork. Lazy didn't recognize that, because the plugins names are the same. This should by brought up to https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim

For now, what you can do is to comment out the entire auto-save.lua file, resync, check that the line in lazy-lock.json got deleted. Now readd it and it should fetch the right repository.

[sameer1612]

Yeah, your problem is that you are still on the old fork. Lazy didn't recognize that, because the plugins names are the same. This should by brought up to https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim

For now, what you can do is to comment out the entire auto-save.lua file, resync, check that the line in lazy-lock.json got deleted. Now readd it and it should fetch the right repository.

I tried your suggested steps. But, the lock file shows the latest commit from this repo.
"auto-save.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "610e72307d675fcc15098c5a435ad89e45aaf855" } Commit hash checks out:

[primeapple]

Ok, so now you are on the correct commit. Before you had

"auto-save.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "979b6c82f60cfa80f4cf437d77446d0ded0addf0" },

Please try if it works now.

[sameer1612]

Ok, so now you are on the correct commit. Before you had

"auto-save.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "979b6c82f60cfa80f4cf437d77446d0ded0addf0" },

Please try if it works now.

Negative. ☹️

[primeapple]

Does debugging work now?

[okuuva]

@sameer1612 One thing I spotted now in the config is that you have debounce_delay set to 0. That's known to cause some problems. Since you're only using immediate_save you can leave it to the default value of 1000.

[alexgorbatchev]

I'm having the same issue on neovim 0.9.5, the changes are saved immediately after exiting from edit mode or right after making a change (ie iabc<esc>) or navigating after a change (ddj). I'm using default config and lazyvim

[Wed Jan 10 09:59:33 2024] [/home/alex/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/example.lua] - Abort saving buffer
[Wed Jan 10 09:59:43 2024] [/home/alex/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ide.lua] - Should save buffer
[Wed Jan 10 09:59:43 2024] [/home/alex/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ide.lua] - Abort saving buffer
[Wed Jan 10 10:00:00 2024] [/home/alex/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ide.lua] - Should save buffer
[Wed Jan 10 10:00:00 2024] [/home/alex/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ide.lua] - Timer started
[Wed Jan 10 10:00:01 2024] [/home/alex/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ide.lua] - Abort saving buffer

[alexgorbatchev]

nvm, realized that defer_save = { "InsertLeave", "TextChanged" } was my problem, changing it to {} got me desired results.