Tests for update detection for external storage
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- Dominant language
- Shell
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Description
Update detection is whenever a modification has been done directly on the remote storage without going through ownCloud, it is desirable that ownCloud is able to detect the change and sync the changes through its clients (through internal etag change).
So far, it is known that update detection cannot work in all use cases, see https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/11797
However, there is a recommended workaround, which is running occ files:scan to force ownCloud to rescan the storages. In this one case, all changes must be properly detected as of OC 9.
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 with the documented occ files:scan workaround and the linked update-detection limitation issue. Identify the ownCloud QA entry point for external-storage tests, then add coverage for remote modifications and verify that rescanning detects them and produces the expected client-visible etag change.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- backend, cli, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100