caenrigen/vscode-jupytext-sync

External change aren't detected

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#33 opened on Feb 16, 2026

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Description

Issue: External changes to jupytext .py aren't automatically synced.

This most notably includes LLM agents editing the python files.

Enabling efficient agents edits of my notebooks is the main reason I use vs-juptext-sync.

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Research direction
Investigate the file watching mechanism in the extension and trace how external changes to .py files are detected.
Tech stack
typescriptnodejs
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
TypeScript
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70