I edited photographs some are psd files, what i would like is Syncthing to sync the new edited file and keep a older version or if i delete a file by accident that the file not get removed from the sync location.
I tested Staggered File Versioning by creating a text file, it got synced then i added some text after that got synced i deleted the file and i only have the empty text file that i created before how do i get Syncthing to keep deleted files? for X time.
Staggered File Versioning does not work it will only save 1 version and that’s it wont even save a deleted file version
if i don’t make any changes to a file and then delete it then it will keep a copy in the .stversions
so looks like Staggered file versioning makes 1 version in the .stversions folder and that’s it
wont save a deleted version or any newer versions
“1 Hour
For the first hour, the most recent version is kept every 30 seconds.
1 Day
For the first day, the most recent version is kept every hour.
30 Days
For the first 30 days, the most recent version is kept every day.
”
that’s clearly not working, i edited the file many times in the last 10min still the only copy in the .stversions folder is the original file.
I suggest you run with STTRACE=versioner and see what the debug output is, perhaps it will give some clues. I am not sure how widely that’s exercised to tell you if it’s broken or not.
2015-08-12 14:13:19,882 INFO success: syncthing entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 1 seconds (startsecs)
2015-08-12 14:14:12,718 DEBG ‘syncthing’ stdout output: [YNQIN]
2015/08/12 14:14:12.717794 staggered.go:240: DEBUG: Waiting for lock
on /syncfolders/eewwe/.stversions
I would like to add that I also noticed this behavior. I have noticed this issue across several shares across 3-4 computers (running different OS and architectures: Mac, Linux 64bit, Linux 32bit, windows 7). The sync itself works fine but the versions are not saved as indicated in the GUI. Specially these two cases:
for the first hour a version is kept every 30 seconds, for the first
day a version is kept every hour
Is Staggered File Versioning something which is being retired and not tested well? It is definitely an attractive versioning idea.
