Clicked on "Revert" by mistake

[David T.]

I suspect your data is fine. 

It appears that the Revert option initiates a Close file followed by an Open file in sequence. If you click Revert on a file that has active changes, GnuCash will provide the standard Save before closing dialog. You *have* to choose an option if you have changed your data. Clicking Revert on an unedited file displays the result you describe. 

Since you did not see the save dialog, then you clicked Revert on a file with no active changes in it.
 
> On Feb 25, 2016, at 9:12 PM, __ <tereque at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I never used 'revert' but would expect any software to have a built in
> confirmation "do you really want to revert to the previous autosaved state
> of your data?" for such a scenario.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 8:24 AM, denbigh1974 <denbigh1974 at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> Having entered some data in GnuCash, I went to File/Save... but think that
>> I
>> may have clicked on *Revert* by mistake. The program window went blank for
>> a
>> few seconds (saw a spinning hour-glass icon) and then the windows
>> reappeared. The data appeared to be unaffected.
>> 
>> GnuCash saves a back-up xml every 5-10 minutes. If I did click Revert,
>> would
>> it have restored the most recent back-up? (i.e. only 10 mins old)
>> 
>> There are also log files in the GnuCash directory. Do these record data
>> entered between each successive back up? It might help me sort out if I
>> have
>> lost anything.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> 
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