Loki's file manager repeatedly creates a random ~/.config/dconf/user file

Bug #1640610 reported by Mastrobon
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Files
Fix Released
Medium
Jeremy Wootten

Bug Description

Sorry, I just posted this notice on StackExchange but maybe this context is more appropriate.
Everytime I launch Loki's file manager it starts writing and deleting a random ~/.config/dconf/user file, causing an excessive disk activity.

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Mastrobon (mastrobon) wrote :
Mastrobon (mastrobon)
affects: elementaryos → pantheon-files
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Mastrobon (mastrobon) wrote :

This behaviour seems to happen only when Files displays the content of ~/.config/dconf directory.

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Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) wrote :

Confirmed - the GOF.Directory.Async continually receives file changed signals for the ~/.config/dconf/user file under these conditions.

Changed in pantheon-files:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pantheon-files:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten)
milestone: none → juno-beta1
Zisu Andrei (matzipan)
Changed in pantheon-files:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in pantheon-files:
status: Fix Committed → In Progress
Changed in pantheon-files:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in pantheon-files:
milestone: juno-beta1 → 0.3.0.5
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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