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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: BUG: org-archive-subtree LOSES DATA when run on unsaved buffer
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:37:48 +0200
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To: "Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org>
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Hello,

"Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> writes:

> I never use org's archiving capabilities.
>
> So imaging my surprise when I accidently invoked org-archive-subtree from its key-binding and I lost a whole subtree of a new buffer which (alas) I had not yet saved to disk
>
> Further alas, I was so alarmed not knowing where my content disappeared to that I did not think to try the obvious - undo.
>
> What happens? It appears that org-archive-subtree will create
> a symlink to a non-existent target and try to move the subtree there
> (which does not make sense) and does not check for errors or confirm
> completion.
>
> This arguably should be addressed.

I do not understand your report. Is it about subtree archiving not
asking for confirmation? 

I don't understand the symlink part either. There is no "symlink"
occurrence in "org-archive.el".

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou