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[Android] Uploads with the same title as existing filenames silently overwrite the previous upload
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If I put in a title and Commons already has a file with the same name and extension, the app will overwrite the existing file with my upload.

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 1:31 AM
• bzimport added a project: Commons-App-Android.
• bzimport set Reference to bz45498.
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Ragesoss created this task.Feb 27 2013, 4:47 PM
yuvipanda added a comment.Feb 27 2013, 4:49 PM

Would 'append a timestamp in case of conflict' be a good idea? Or 'prompt user to rename'?

Ragesoss added a comment.Feb 27 2013, 4:51 PM

I think prompt user to rename would be better, with instructions to be more specific. That way we're likely to get more useful filenames, rather than a mess of File:Cat-2013-02-27-08:23:32.jpeg files.

• brooke added a comment.Apr 2 2013, 7:14 PM

Switch to Android component.

• brooke added a comment.May 17 2013, 8:49 PM

https://github.com/wikimedia/android-commons/pull/17

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