syncthing / syncthing/syncthing
Automatically resolve case-conflict if files are otherwise identical
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Go
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Description
How to reproduce:
- Sync an SR folder between Device A and B.
- Add a
testfile to the folder and let it sync. - Ignore
*on Device B. - While ignored, rename
teston Device B toTEST. - Unignore
*on Device B.
Tested with main (v1.10.0-rc.2.dev.2.gd2e32957).
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First steps
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- 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 by reproducing the five-step sync scenario described in the issue, then trace the case-conflict handling path in the Go code. Done means files whose contents are otherwise identical are automatically resolved when only their names differ by case, with the existing sync tests still passing.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100