notepad-plus-plus / notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus
[Bug] Files can be added to a project multiple times.
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- C++
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Description
Description of the Issue
When adding files to a project the editor should ignore\warn about duplicates and not add the duplicates.
Steps to Reproduce the Issue
- Create a project.
- Use the context menu to add bunch of files to it.
- Repeat step #2 selecting the same files.
Expected Behaviour
Each file should only appear once in the list.
Actual Behaviour
Multiple copies are in the list.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the problem in the project editor by creating a project, adding files through the context menu, and repeating the same selection. Inspect how project files are added and verify that each file appears only once, with duplicates ignored or reported.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100