Public bug reported:
I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS default install.
I have several folders with mostly the same content. A few files have
been modified in any of them but most files are duplicates. I want to
merge the folders with a simple drag and drop in Nautilus.
I expect Nautilus to ask me before overwriting a file when the two files
with the same name have a different content. Yet I don't expect a
question when the files are identical. Indeed, if the files are
duplicates, it makes no differences to overwrite or keep the existing
file so no question should be displayed.
Currently in 12.04, for every file with the same name, Nautilus ask
whether I want to replace the existing file or to skip copying/moving.
It is not practical when there are thousand of duplicates. Even with a
few it is not obvious to know if the files differ by a few bytes only
(the only the change date may give a hint).
Thus I suggest to silently "overwrite" a file when the source and target
files are duplicates.
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Overwriting a duplicate file does not need confirmation
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