Public bug reported:

lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:        12.04

apt-cache policy thunar
thunar:
  Installed: 1.2.3-3ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.2.3-3ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1.2.3-3ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Expected:
Moving files / directories within one filesystem should always be fast.

What happened:
Moving files / directories within one filesystem is sometimes slow.


In some cases, Thunar seems to perform a copy and then a remove of the original 
files instead of moving them.
I think it occurs when moving whole directories and one of the sub-directories 
already exists at the target location.

Example:
I have a structure like

Source
  Dir1
    some files
  Dir2
    some files
  Dir3
    some files
  Dir4
    some files

Target
  Dir3
    some files (not the same as in Source/Dir3) 
  Dir5
    some files
  Dir6
    some files
  Dir7
    some files

And then I mark everything in Source and drag it to Target.

Everything except Dir3 works as fast as expected. But the files in Dir3
are listed in a progress dialog and take so long that the only
explanation is there must be a cp and rm instead a mv.

The files are videos recorded from TV, so they are big :-) and everyhing
happens within one filesystem. I think in cases like this, Thunar should
still do a mv of the single files to the existing target dir.

** Affects: thunar (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  When moving files, thunar sometimesperforms a cp and rm instead of a
  mv

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