nextcloud / nextcloud/contacts

Ability to link contacts to a user [$70]

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Description

Currently when you have a contact and a user with the name name it results in this:
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How should the user know which one is the contact and which is the user?
Would it be possible to link a contact to a user? This way it would be possible to filter out duplicates like above.


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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reproducing the duplicate contact and user display shown in the screenshot, then trace how contacts and users are listed and filtered; done should include a defined way to link them and prevent or distinguish duplicate results.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
full-stack
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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