[Bug]: When copying a folder with files inside it, the file version metadata is not copied
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- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
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Bug description
When copying a folder with files inside it, the file version metadata is not copied.
When moving if they are respected but when copying they are lost in the destination.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a folder A with a file inside and in the version of this file go to
Open details -> Versions -> Edit version nameand name the version. - Create a folder B.
- Copy folder A to B.
- Check that the new file inside B does not have the name of the version previously set in step 1.
Expected behavior
Version metadata should be copied along with the file.
Nextcloud Server version
31
Operating system
Debian/Ubuntu
PHP engine version
PHP 8.3
Web server
None
Database engine version
None
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
None
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
None
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the folder-copy steps and compare the result with moving the folder, focusing on the named version metadata. Trace the copy path for files and the handling of version names; done means copying a folder preserves the named version metadata on its files.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100