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Keep your application settings in sync (OS X/Linux)
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Backup command is not quite idempotent? #1504

Open jimbojsb opened 4 years ago

jimbojsb commented 4 years ago

Running mackup backup a second time (using icloud as the storage engine) requires me to either pipe yes to the command or manually confirm every folder over again. This is annoying when adding a new application to the backup. Am I doing it wrong?

Example:

Backing up Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw ...
A folder named /Users/josh/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Mackup/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw already exists in the backup.
Are you sure that you want to replace it ? <Yes|No>yes
jamiew commented 4 years ago

I've noticed this occurs only when an app is currently running, e.g. I see this every time I run backup with Fantastical and Magnet running (for example). Quitting those apps and running again works without issue.

lra commented 4 years ago

Yes. This is quite annoying and IMO, files causing this should be removed from syncing until Mackup supports copying.

Feel free to PR to remove any file causing this behavior.