Enhancing Auto-Upload Functionality: Preventing Redundant Sub-Folder Uploads

[alperozturk96]

When users select a directory for auto-upload and then separately select a subdirectory of the same directory for auto-upload, files from the subdirectory are uploaded twice. We can improve the user experience by addressing this scenario:

1. On the Auto Upload screen, if subdirectories already scheduled for auto-upload, app should not show as selectable options for these subdirectories.

2. With the release of the new app version, we can implement a database migration to identify and remove unnecessary nested directories from the database

3. For custom folder setups, the app should display a clear warning when a user selects sub-directories that may result in duplicate file uploads. This will allow users to make informed decisions and avoid unexpected behavior.

[joshtrichards]

Related:

• Implement checks to prevent duplicate uploads between regular & custom folders #1236
• Auto Upload will allow you to sync a directory that is inside a directory that is already being synced #11243
• Auto-upload on Android-client should prevent (recursive) uploading of Android-app-files #8503

[neufeind]

Stumbled across this as well. On Android I had previously selected "Camera" for upload, suddenly had filed double-uploaded for "DCIM/Camera" as well. (As well as other subfolders of DCIM).

The app only shows/offers you folders for adding once you have "images" or "videos" (of that certain type) in the folders. Once you selected that folder for upload it will upload those kind of files.

Manually placing a dummy image and video in the "DCIM"-folder (which is above "Camera") allowed to add sync-entries for both images and videos for DCIM - and all subfolders.

After having discovered that both "Camera" and "DCIM/Camera" got uploaded (redundant) I had to remove Camera manually and merge folders on the server to resolve the double-upload.