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Claude Code v2.1.251 ·

Overwrite warning when a file's current contents cannot be shown

Overwrite prompts now warn when the existing file can't be shown, and approval is one-time.

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What

When Claude Code asks you to approve overwriting a file whose existing contents cannot be safely displayed, such as binary or odd-character content, the permission prompt now says so and tells you the approval is one-time only.

Details
  • The preview logic now separates content that is merely too large from content that fails a display-safety check.
  • The notice reads: "Current contents of ... cannot be shown in full — the overwrite cannot be reviewed, so approval is one-time only (deny unless expected)."
  • Unconditional; triggered by the content check itself.
Evidence

Current contents of ${nr(d.file_path)} cannot be shown in full — the overwrite cannot be reviewed, so approval is one-time only (deny unless expected).

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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