From 299ba2fe97fbe9385214aa65ccabf128e46aeec0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zachary Yedidia <zyedidia@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:05:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix stat error detection

Fixes #1955
---
 internal/buffer/buffer.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/buffer/buffer.go b/internal/buffer/buffer.go
index b20e6649..36b8a11e 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func NewBufferFromFileAtLoc(path string, btype BufType, cursorLoc Loc) (*Buffer,
 
 	file, err := os.Open(filename)
 	fileInfo, serr := os.Stat(filename)
-	if serr != nil {
+	if serr != nil && !os.IsNotExist(serr) {
 		return nil, serr
 	}