How can I make Sublime Text reload the file being edited?

Question

How can I make Sublime Text (3) re-load the file currently being edited, to take into account changes having been made externally?

Solution 1

To re-load the current file, you can revert the file, either through the menu entry File | Revert File or through the command File: Revert (open the command palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P and type revert).

To make it easier in the future, you can bind a shortcut to the revert command, for example F5, simply by adding an entry to your key bindings (Preferences | Key Bindings - User):

{
    "keys": ["f5"],
    "command": "revert"
}

Solution 2

Although there is an accepted answer, it requires that we have to refresh manually everytime by pressing F5. Try this package Auto Refresh here. This automatically refreshes the file in x seconds which is configurable.

Solution 3

Though asked more than a year ago: you can also use "File->Reopen with encoding..." command. Note, all your changes made so far will be discarded while performing reload/revert

Comments

[Admin]

It does automatically already. I am looking a solution to prevent it.

[Admin]

@atilkan always_prompt_for_file_reload has to be set to true in settings.

[ahnbizcad]

how can we do this to all files, not just individually, manually? and how can we make it do this right away, rather than having to trigger it manually after a merge or checkout?

[Justin]

I'm guessing "automatic" was the original intention of the question though not explicitly stated.

[AlikElzin-kilaka]

Reverting causes the file to go blank :( Sublime build 3114.

[Apeiron]

Right answer, but this keybind is unwise a bit

[Matthew Woo]

@Apeiron why do you say the keybind is unwise?

[poige]

What's the point of making such a note. How do I open a door? Well, you open a door, but note the door will be open. Wow. Thanks.

[snh_nl]

this does not reload files loaded via FTPS