Consider adding the hashed filesystem path
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feature request
- Dominant language
- HTML
- Stars
- 118
- Forks
- 52
- Avg merge
- 9d 16h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
At least having this hash for two files would let us know that the user has dropped the same file twice without exposing filesystem structure, and it would be far less demanding than calculating checksums on file contents.
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 by reading the File API specification and the duplicate-file use case described in this issue. No implementation file or test is identified, so first determine the relevant API surface and privacy requirements; done criteria should state whether a hashed filesystem path may be exposed without revealing filesystem structure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- api, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100