syncthing / syncthing/syncthing
Rename special/unsupported characters in filenames
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Description
As mentioned in https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/issues/192 , some filenames are not accepted by windows hosts because they contain 'special characters' like colons or bars.
@schuft69 suggested to add a "Rename special characters to '_'" option to resolve this issue.
< (less than)
> (greater than)
: (colon)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)
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
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by reading the linked syncthing-android issue and tracing where filenames are handled for Windows hosts; done means a user-selectable option replaces the listed special characters with underscores without changing the default behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100