Deal with duplicate files last when combining folders [$10]
Bug #1401356 reported by
Gabriel_P
This bug affects 11 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
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When merging/combining two folders or when several files are pasted into a folder, if a duplicate file is found mid-way through the process, it stops until the user intervenes to decide which action to take.
The file manager should be smart enough to skip the conflicting file(s), copy/move all files that can be copied/moved and leave the file(s) with issues for last.
This way if lots of files are being copied/moved the process can finish much faster since the conflicting file(s) will be "bundled" and can be managed last instead of stopping the entire process.
Changed in pantheon-files: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
milestone: | none → 0.2 |
summary: |
- Deal with duplicate files last when combining folders + Deal with duplicate files last when combining folders [$10] |
tags: | added: bounty |
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Wouldn't be better to deal first? On file copy/move first check for duplicates, then proceed. If I have 16GB collection, and the existing (older) file is 8GB, when I return from what else I'm doing I have to wait a fair amount of time to replace that file. From user convenience would be better to deal with potentially long task at the beginning, from performance point of view - at the end (no need to do checking ahead of time)