When I rename a file with :Move, the filetype doesn't change about vim-eunuch HOT 6 CLOSED

Unlike issue #22, this seems to affect :Rename and :Move equally.

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It also affects the built-in :saveas. When a behavior is debatable I tend to favor matching what Vim itself does.

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That's a fair point, even the official vim docs say filetype is only changed if it's already empty for :saveas. That doesn't seem particularly logical/helpful to me, but I understand your argument for consistency. Happy to accept closing this if you'd prefer.

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On that note shouldn't your example work fine, since there's no built-in file type for *.txt? I'm struggling to think of many other cases when a file type would change.

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Not sure what you mean by "no built-in file type"? If I run :new ~/Desktop/foo.txt, the vim status bar shows the file as having type "text". I don't think I have any plugins/customisations that are doing that.

But I take your general point about changing file types being rare.

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Oh, huh, I guess that must be new(ish).

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