by eepman » Sun Dec 16, 2012 4:46 pm
I've noticed this many times, when files have the same value for the fields used to auto-organize the files then they conflict and the files are automatically renamed with a "(#)" at the end of the file name. This is all fine, but the algorithm for choosing which number is with which file is non-deterministic so upon scanning the files are always renamed or copied unnecessarily and I constantly end up with duplicates or lag because of this. Could you not base the number at the end of the filename on the modified date of the file or it's hash or something?
I've noticed this many times, when files have the same value for the fields used to auto-organize the files then they conflict and the files are automatically renamed with a "(#)" at the end of the file name. This is all fine, but the algorithm for choosing which number is with which file is non-deterministic so upon scanning the files are always renamed or copied unnecessarily and I constantly end up with duplicates or lag because of this. Could you not base the number at the end of the filename on the modified date of the file or it's hash or something?