On 20.01.2024 13:18, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> gerard.vermeulen@posteo.net writes:
> 
>>> I suspect that you may have some misunderstanding about how
>>> `org-babel-detangle' works. Its docstring says:
>>> 
>>>    Propagate changes in source file back original to Org file.
>>> 
>>> So, it is expected to run from the tangled file; not from the Org 
>>> file.
>> 
>> Yes, I misunderstood this and I see that my patch breaks this.
>> 
>> I think there is a typo in the docstring: "original to" must become 
>> "to
>> original"
>> so that it ends with "back to original Org file".
> 
> How about the attached patch?

I have attached a modification of your patch.  I think it is clearer 
with
the risk of being too verbose, but the docstring width  is < 80.