Modified autoreload to use new dirwatch infrastructure, and added in nagview to verify that fs changes don't stomp on our changes, unless you want them to.

data/plugins/autoreload.lua

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 -- mod-version:2 -- lite-xl 2.0
 local core = require "core"
 local config = require "core.config"
+local style = require "core.style"
 local Doc = require "core.doc"
+local common = require "core.common"
+local dirwatch = require "core.dirwatch"
 
 local times = setmetatable({}, { __mode = "k" })
 
@@ -25,18 +28,44 @@ local function reload_doc(doc)
   core.log_quiet("Auto-reloaded doc \"%s\"", doc.filename)
 end
 
-local on_modify = core.on_dirmonitor_modify
-
-core.on_dirmonitor_modify = function(dir, filepath)
-  local abs_filename = dir.name .. PATHSEP .. filepath
-  for _, doc in ipairs(core.docs) do
-    local info = system.get_file_info(doc.filename or "")
-    if doc.abs_filename == abs_filename and info and times[doc] ~= info.modified then
-      reload_doc(doc)
-      break
-    end
+local function check_prompt_reload()
+  if core.active_view.doc and core.active_view.doc.deferred_reload then
+    local doc = core.active_view.doc
+    core.nag_view:show("File Changed", doc.filename .. " has changed. Reload this file?", {
+      { font = style.font, text = "Yes", default_yes = true },
+      { font = style.font, text = "No" , default_no = true }
+    }, function(item)
+      if item.text == "Yes" then reload_doc(doc) end
+      doc.deferred_reload = false
+    end)
   end
-  on_modify(dir, filepath)
+end
+
+local on_check = dirwatch.check
+function dirwatch:check(change_callback, ...)
+  on_check(self, function(dir)
+    for _, doc in ipairs(core.docs) do
+      if dir == common.dirname(doc.abs_filename) then
+        local info = system.get_file_info(doc.filename or "")
+        if info and times[doc] ~= info.modified then
+          if not doc:is_dirty() then
+            reload_doc(doc)
+          else
+            doc.deferred_reload = true
+          end
+          break
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    change_callback(dir)
+  end, ...)
+  check_prompt_reload()
+end
+
+local set_active_view = core.set_active_view
+function core.set_active_view(view)
+  set_active_view(view)
+  check_prompt_reload()
 end
 
 -- patch `Doc.save|load` to store modified time