Handle file/directory name conflicts

jtapolczai / FileSync

Syncrhonising file trees

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Handle file/directory name conflicts #16

Closed jtapolczai closed 8 years ago

jtapolczai commented 8 years ago

What to do if an object with name X is a file in one branch and a directory in another?

jtapolczai commented 8 years ago

Possible solutions:

Don't overwrite one with the other (and report the conflict).
- Should the process continue or should it be aborted?
DO overwrite (this is probably not advisable).
Do overwrite, but under a different name (this is probably not practicable, as it is liable to create other name conflicts with other files/directories).

jtapolczai commented 8 years ago

There should be a conflict-check before the merging process. The user should be offered the choice of renaming the offending files (by appending a GUID at their end) and re-trying the join.