Geany removes executable bits when saving shell script

[zapyon]

I created a new shell script in geany and saved it.
Then I set the executable bits for user, group, other (rwxr-xr-x) for the file.
After running it I changed some details in geany and tried again to run the script. Suddenly the execution rights were gone. I tried several times. Whenever I save the file from within geany, the executable bits are set to not executable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: geany 1.25+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-35.40-lowlatency 4.2.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-35-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Apr 19 16:39:53 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-19 (59 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: geany
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Colomban Wendling (banw)]

This is likely not a bug but a configuration issue. Did you change the value of the "various" preference `use_atomic_file_saving`? It is off by default for this very reason: it doesn't maintain metadata and attributes.

See https://wiki.geany.org/config/all_you_never_wanted_to_know_about_file_saving and Edit→Preferences→Various→use_atomic_file_saving.

[zapyon (zapyon)]

Hi Colomban.

Sorry, it looks like you are right. "use_atomic_file_saving" was on, though I do not remember having changed anything in the "various prefernces" section. Thank you for your help.

Andreas

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Marking "Invalid". Reporter confirms issue resolved by settings change.