1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index ccf2870ab..47b13b3ca 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -2816,6 +2816,13 @@ static void colon(char *buf)
 
                 // is there a file name to write to?
                 if (args[0]) {
+                        struct stat statbuf;
+
+                        if (!useforce && (fn == NULL || strcmp(fn, args) != 0) &&
+                                        stat(args, &statbuf) == 0) {
+                                status_line_bold("File exists (:w! overrides)");
+                                goto ret;
+                        }
                         fn = args;
                 }
 # if ENABLE_FEATURE_VI_READONLY