Huggybaby Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Hello,I'm sharing a 14GB folder (and counting) of 400+ files with a handful of people. This collection of files is still being rearranged.t appears that when I move files from one folder to another, they all get deleted on the client end, and I have to re-upload them all. Is this correct? And if so, will this be fixed in the future?Thank you for this cool app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 If you remove a file from a folder you're syncing (either by deleting it, or moving it outside of the folder you're syncing), the file will be removed from (or moved to .SyncArchive) on all other nodes. This is normal, and expected behavior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggybaby Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Thanks, but my case is different.Let's say I have a sync folder called "Sync Folder".In there is a folder called "Pictures".In the Pictures folder is a bunch of files, say A.jpg thru Z.jpg.At this point everything has been synced.Now I make a new folder called "Pictures 2", and I move A.jpg thru J.jpg into it.Everything has stayed within my synced folder, I've only done some rearranging.But I think things get deleted and re-uploaded rather than moved. And the same goes if I just rename a file without otherwise changing it or moving it at all. BTSync doesn't seem to follow those operations.I could easily test this myself but I only have one computer and my users are in different time zones and very difficult to coordinate tests with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterk Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Yes adding a "move" command into theprotocol similar to "git mv" would be great so as not to have to retransmit already resident data,Hello,I'm sharing a 14GB folder (and counting) of 400+ files with a handful of people. This collection of files is still being rearranged.t appears that when I move files from one folder to another, they all get deleted on the client end, and I have to re-upload them all.Is this correct? And if so, will this be fixed in the future?Thank you for this cool app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 Yes adding a "move" command into theprotocol similar to "git mv" would be great so as not to have to retransmit already resident data,...provided that the data you're moving stays within the folder structure you're syncing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bherila Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 +1The lack of a 'move' command is really frustrating, I did an "auto arrange music filename" operation and the whole thing had to be re-uploaded. I did notice that **sometimes** Bittorrent Sync handles a move as a 'rename' and doesn't need to retransmit the files. However it seems to not be resilient to changes in the directory structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggybaby Posted September 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thanks for the bump. It seems implementing the same hash check algorithm already used by torrent clients would work, wouldn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bherila Posted September 14, 2013 Report Share Posted September 14, 2013 maybe, but I am under the impression that bittorrent sync actually creates a separate torrent for each file. I'm not sure if that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotisp Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I was just about to ask the same question as the OP, so I adding my self to follow the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siridas Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 What's up devs? HuggyBaby asked really important questions over a month ago and zero response??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmason Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 I get this too. It's super annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xingxingke Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 same here.Hope to fix this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gl00mer Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 same here.Hope to fix this.word up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 seconding.I'm syncing 4.1 TB from one source to 2 destinations.Rearranging causes massive unnecessary traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disconnect Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 There is move in BTSync but it's very instable. If you move something, btsync will recognize it as remove and add. If the sync runs realtime, then there is some time difference between the realization remove and add, so btsync doesn't recognize this as move, but a seperate delete THEN an add.This would be fixed if btsync would wait if it checked every changes, THEN start to do the transfer.But until it isn't fixed by developers, i do this: i don't let btsync connect to other machines(i kill btsync process on the other PC), just when it's finished all indexing, and recognized all of the changes, then start btsync on other pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbq Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Add my vote for a "rename" or "mv" capability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabor Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 +1created subfolder and moved files into, caused retransmit of 4Gb data Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Hi all, As @disconnect mentioned, "move" logic is implemented in BTSync, however, it is not ideal yet and can be improved. If anyone has a stably reproduced use case when btsync prefers re-uploading instead of moving - I appreciate assistance, in form of: 1. Detailed description of replication (including OS, size and amount of files, LAN\WAN, bandwidth, etc.)2. Debug logs from reproduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visnumber Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Renaming a folder inside a sync-Folder often results in remove/re-upload of the entire content. This was mentioned by several users. A test of me showed that this seems to be happening when the folder name contains special characters like German umlaute. Renaming a Folder "Frühstück" to "Frühstück 2" results in removal of all the files a complete re-upload. Renaming the Folder "Frühstück" to "Fruehstueck 2" results in the correct renaming. Maybe something for the BTS-team to check... Considering the "conflict"-discussion about the Umlaute it would not surprise me if I am on to something here..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 @visnumber, I confirm the reproduction of the bug in our lab. Thank you for reporting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bherila Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 I had a similar problem with the special characters. If it's useful I uploaded a log here: http://pastebin.com/4KXe12ma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 @bherila No need in logs, thank you. The issue was successfully reproduced in our lab and will be fixed eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 @visnumber, @bherila Unfortunately issue is no longer reproduced in my lab. I'll need your help to track it down. Could you please collect debug logs from 2 computers which are affected (issue must reproduce before you collect logs) and provide me both logs and name of folder that you've get renamed? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visnumber Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Dear RomanZ!The issue is still there: I moved the photosIMG_6164B.JPGIMG_6165B.JPGIMG_6166B.JPGIMG_6167B.JPGIMG_6168B.JPGIMG_6169B.JPGIMG_6170B.JPGIMG_6171B.JPGIMG_6172B.JPGIMG_6173B.JPGIMG_6174B.JPGIMG_6175B.JPGIMG_6176B.JPGIMG_6177B.JPGIMG_6178B.JPGIMG_6179B.JPGIMG_6180B.JPGIMG_6184B.MOVIMG_6185B.JPGIMG_6187B.JPGIMG_6213.JPGIMG_6214.JPGIMG_6215.JPGaltogether to a new subfolder calledFotos Anja Virgil Kinder/20140401 Zino Oskar Sol April 2014/Digitalfotosand they were again deleted and added (and thus copied again). Renaming seems to work if I only move a single file. But with many it does not. Log is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55874826/sync.logThanksVirgil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted May 29, 2014 Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 Virgil, Thanks for the feedback. We are doing major changes bound to moving files, so it should be fixed in next major version (1.4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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