Add original filename column to file table on Windows
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Description
Feature request
What new feature do you want?
Windows files can have an original filename property
Please add this property as new column (e.g. original_filename) in the file table
How is this new feature useful?
This would allow you could look for files that have been renamed from there originally intended file name
How can this be implemented?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winver/nf-winver-verqueryvaluea
Similar code already exists for reading the file and product version from a file (windowsGetVersionInfo in fileops.cpp)
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
Start in fileops.cpp, especially windowsGetVersionInfo, and review the Windows file-table implementation alongside the VerQueryValueA documentation. Add the original filename as an original_filename column for Windows files, then verify that the file table exposes the property correctly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100