This addresses the issue that caused hangs when a downloads folder had a deeply nested hierarchy of files.
I've implemented both the suggestion by @allenhumphreys to limit recursion, but I've also added some warnings to the UI when changing folders.
If the user tries to set the downloads folder to a folder that has more than 3 files inside of it (3 was randomly chosen as a threshold for "is this folder empty enough?"), there will be a warning:
If the user tries to do something really stupid, such as using the home directory or / as the downloads folder, the app will prevent it:
This addresses the issue that caused hangs when a downloads folder had a deeply nested hierarchy of files.
I've implemented both the suggestion by @allenhumphreys to limit recursion, but I've also added some warnings to the UI when changing folders.
If the user tries to set the downloads folder to a folder that has more than 3 files inside of it (3 was randomly chosen as a threshold for "is this folder empty enough?"), there will be a warning:
If the user tries to do something really stupid, such as using the home directory or
/as the downloads folder, the app will prevent it: