Renaming files and the Differences feature

eschwartz · 03-26-2014, 12:23 AM

It seems from using the "Arrange into folders" option that when you compare to before the bulk rename, the diff doesn't pick up on the rename -- it tells me that 30+ files were deleted and added. It did notice that the images were renamed. This may be intentional, but still...

It stops you from seeing whether any changes were made within the files, if renames act like remove+add. Is there some way you can get them to show up with a message saying it was renamed, while still showing any possible changes to the file?

kovidgoyal · 03-26-2014, 12:33 AM

IIRC the diff tool tries to detect a rename by comparing file contents and if they are identical it will display the change as a rename. Note that when you arrange into folders, very often links in all the files will have to be changed, so it is unlikely that changes to HTML/CSS/OPF/NCX files are rename only.

eschwartz · 03-26-2014, 12:51 AM

...And on closer inspection, all the files have both images and a linkback to the ToC.

Oh, well, at least I learned something new, so that's good.

03-26-2014, 12:23 AM	#1
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Renaming files and the Differences feature It seems from using the "Arrange into folders" option that when you compare to before the bulk rename, the diff doesn't pick up on the rename -- it tells me that 30+ files were deleted and added. It did notice that the images were renamed. This may be intentional, but still... It stops you from seeing whether any changes were made within the files, if renames act like remove+add. Is there some way you can get them to show up with a message saying it was renamed, while still showing any possible changes to the file?

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03-26-2014, 12:33 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,224 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC the diff tool tries to detect a rename by comparing file contents and if they are identical it will display the change as a rename. Note that when you arrange into folders, very often links in all the files will have to be changed, so it is unlikely that changes to HTML/CSS/OPF/NCX files are rename only.

03-26-2014, 12:51 AM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	...And on closer inspection, all the files have both images and a linkback to the ToC. Oh, well, at least I learned something new, so that's good.

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