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Bug 690955 - Merging a folder with its symbolic link deletes the folder
Merging a folder with its symbolic link deletes the folder
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 632323
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
3.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-01-01 21:35 UTC by Andreas Kern
Modified: 2013-04-22 22:57 UTC
See Also:
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Description Andreas Kern 2013-01-01 21:35:16 UTC 
Steps to Reproduce:
1) Create a folder.
2) Create a symbolic link to that folder in another place with the same name as the original folder.
3) Move symbolic link to the same place as the original folder.
4) Nautilus displays the 'file conflict' dialog.
5) Click 'merge'.

Actual Results:
Original folder gets replaced by its, now broken, symbolic link.

Expected Results:
symbolic link gets removed, original folder stays untouched
(or not being asked at all because the folder contents are obviously the same)
not losing my data
Comment 1 António Fernandes 2013-04-22 22:52:13 UTC 
*** Bug 640970 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 António Fernandes 2013-04-22 22:57:53 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 632323 ***