paste a file with existing file name in vscode cause them to rename instead of replace existing file

[mhamri]

I am not sure what happened to the replace file dialog, but it's not working when I copy a file from inside the the vscode.

I tried to find a config but google is not giving any good result back. I also asked the question in SO but no one answered it.

when I copy a file to a folder that a file with the same name exist, the new file get renamed instead of showing the replace dialog box.

for example, if I copy a file abc.jpg from one folder into another folder that abc.jpg exist. i will end up with two files that the old one is abc.jpg and new one is abc copy.jpg

it's new feature and wasn't like this before. previousley, if I paste a file into its origin folder it get renamed, but when I copy into another folder, it asked for replacement, but now it's just renaming, even if the source and destination folder is different.

Unfortunately, I can't find any configuration to change it, also keywords such as "copy", "file", "replace" is too generic that I can't find a solution for this problem by just googling it.

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[isidorn]

I believe this was always behaving like this. If you think this was behaving differently before can you please provide the vscode stable version when it was offering to replace.

[mhamri]

this is from SO answer, but I am not sure what version he is using also I faced this dialog box before.

[isidorn]

That is when you drag and drop from outside of vscode...

[mhamri]

I see, can we have that inside the vscode? it's very hard to sync two folders atm with vscode.

since it's already a existing feature, should be easy to choose the behavior by some setting

[isidorn]

This is a fair request to have that a bit more unified. However nothing we have plans to change -> backlog.
Once we receive more feedback we might jump on this.

[mhamri]

this is a very minimal task to bring a more predictable result to the vscode. please reconsider as it helps alot when moving files from one project to another project

[chandu-007]

Yes i agree with @mhamri

[JC-LGMS]

me too

[mhamri]

@chandu-007 @JC-LGMS please like the original thread, if we reach 10 like probably we can reopen it

[muhfiz]

please consider it

[kbtganesh]

C'mon man.. You expect us to paste it and manually delete the existing file & rename the pasted file again? At least you should have a setting to choose what to do when pasting the file with same filename.
As a workaround, use windows file explorer to do paste & replace files.

[kbtganesh]

That is when you drag and drop from outside of vscode...

And what's the reason for having replace at that scenario alone? Don't you think it will be useful if we do the same in vscode itself?

[mhamri]

@isidorn this feature request has 10 likes, could we reopen it?

[zhuweiyou]

I also want to overwrite the confirmation instead of creating a new file.

[b10102016]

Recently, face this problem too. Please consider to reopen this.

[theiceeman]

Reopen this issue please. I believe this feature is helpful and very intuitive to how users use the software

[dJani97]

I agree, on any conflict, there should be a popup with overwrite and rename options. The current method of simply pasting a renamed copy is inferior to basically any other IDE.

Someone recommended to just open the explorer and copy-paste files. But it's not so easy. For example, in vscode, I can see which files have changes, so I may want to copy-paste only those files.

[mhamri]

look like it is resolved with the latest vscode explorer.incrementalNaming: disabled. please give it a try and update

[theiceeman]

look like it is resolved with the latest vscode explorer.incrementalNaming: disabled. please give it a try and update

Hi, why does it throw this warning though? Value is not accepted. Valid values: "simple", "smart".(1)

[mhamri]

@okorieebube it's a value just added in vscode 1.72.0. please see if your vscode is updated to the latest or not

[mhamri]

so I tested it and if you paste a file that another file with the same name exists in the folder it will take one of these action based on your setting

simple -> add -copy to end of the file name
smart -> file name get an incremental number
disabled -> ask to replace the file

[theiceeman]

so I tested it and if you paste a file that another file with the same name exists in the folder it will take one of these action based on your setting

simple -> add -copy to end of the file name smart -> file name get an incremental number disabled -> ask to replace the file

It works now, Thanks Mhamri.

[chandu-007]

Yes I have tested it is working now.

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[tony-sol]

Well, it seems to me there is no way to paste a file, for example, in same directory - it always shows replace|cancel dialog, but it's kinda obviously to provide rename|replace|cancel choice instead

[anthonyvdotbe]

Exactly as @tony-sol says. I opened #165217 some time ago (as a feature request, since technically the behavior is correct, but it's really a usability bug).

[tirathsharma098]

@isidorn
I don't think this is fine to rename the file without even developer or user knowledge that folder is renamed, which will lead us in an errors and bugs, at least @VSCodeTriageBot should show a pop up or dialog box that folder with same name already exists with options like rename, overwrite.

[tirathsharma098]

@isidorn I don't think this is fine to rename the file without even developer or user knowledge that folder is renamed, which will lead us in an errors and bugs, at least @VSCodeTriageBot should show a pop up or dialog box that folder with same name already exists with options like rename, overwrite.

Please reopen this issue