JamieKitson Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 I want to move a directory within my BTSync share, ie, I don't want to move the whole sync location, just a directory (and files within it). Is the best way to do this to a) move it on one share and let BTSync propagate the move, or manually move the directory on all shares and let BTSync reindex all the files and realise that it is still in sync? I tried option but BTSync started doing some heavy syncing and started creating .Conflict files and directories and I got scared and stopped it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmars2020 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 I usually do what you describe as option A). Just remember to use really different names … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieKitson Posted February 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Yeah, option really didn't go well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 @JamieKitson Actually, plan A should work fine. Sync is capable to find out that you moved files. Could you please share what was your experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Meier Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 I tried this recently and Sync ended up re-syncing all of the (rather large) files in the moved folder (moved within the same share). Disappointing... I though the checksum method would allow Sync to figure out that they were the same files a la what Dropbox does when you do the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 @Trevor Meier What is your moved files size? Also, do you have Archives enabled in the folder where you moved files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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