From c0aca6a06907773dcf665b8bbdef937bcbea6a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Veronica K. B. Olsen" <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 14:11:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Only make a copy of the project file when not autosaving

---
 nw/gui/winmain.py     | 6 +++---
 nw/project/project.py | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nw/gui/winmain.py b/nw/gui/winmain.py
index 872e9c66..0d86f84b 100644
--- a/nw/gui/winmain.py
+++ b/nw/gui/winmain.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
         return True
 
-    def saveProject(self):
+    def saveProject(self, isAuto=False):
         """Save the current project.
         """
         if not self.hasProject:
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
             return False
 
         self.treeView.saveTreeOrder()
-        self.theProject.saveProject()
+        self.theProject.saveProject(isAuto)
         self.theIndex.saveIndex()
         self.mainMenu.updateRecentProjects()
 
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
     def _autoSaveProject(self):
         if self.hasProject and self.theProject.projChanged and self.theProject.projPath is not None:
             logger.debug("Autosaving project")
-            self.saveProject()
+            self.saveProject(isAuto=True)
         return
 
     def _autoSaveDocument(self):
diff --git a/nw/project/project.py b/nw/project/project.py
index 71891185..aa9bc9d2 100644
--- a/nw/project/project.py
+++ b/nw/project/project.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class NWProject():
 
         return True
 
-    def saveProject(self):
+    def saveProject(self, isAuto=False):
 
         if self.projPath is None:
             self.makeAlert("Project path not set, cannot save.", nwAlert.ERROR)
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ class NWProject():
         logger.debug("Saving project: %s" % self.projPath)
 
         # Save a copy of the current file, just in case
-        self._maintainPrevious()
+        if not isAuto:
+            self._maintainPrevious()
 
         # Root element and project details
         logger.debug("Writing project meta")