I have a digital archive/collection of files that's been accumulating over about 15 years. I know it contains many duplicates, and could stand to be reorganized a lot, but I've always been hesitant to do so for fear of losing data.
I was currently hoping to set up sync between two machines, and then rename and reorganize files on one machine and let the other mirror the changes so that I wind up with two copies of the same well-organized file system. These systems will both be running Ubuntu/Linux.
However, I've read several posts here and in the help documentation that say that users have had problems when trying to delete files from one peer, or when renaming folders, getting those changes to stick on other peers. I am particularly nervous about this article on moving/renaming folders.
Is there a comprehensive list of best practices to avoid getting a bunch of duplicate content and, worst case, inadvertently deleting many files? Or do I have to get all the sorting done before I go live with syncing?
