V2 API's DbxFiles.WriteMode.update() does not created conflicted copy as promised

Christoph L.2

I am building a sync client based on the V2 API for Java. The documentation for update() states the following:

"If the rev of the file currently on Dropbox doesn't match revisionToReplace, Dropbox leave the original file alone and save your contents to a new file. For example, if the original file path is "/Notes/Groceries.txt", the new file's path might be "/Notes/Groceries (conflicted copy).txt"."

However, when I actually try this, no conflicted copy is created. The upload throws the following exception:

com.dropbox.core.v2.DbxFiles$UploadException: Exception in upload: UploadError.{".tag":"path","reason":{".tag":"conflict","conflict":{".tag":"file"}},"upload_session_id":"..."}

I could of course handle the conflict myself. But is there a way to make update() behave according to specs?

 

Greg-DB

Are you setting .autorename(true)? You'll need to do so for it to create the conflicted copy. By default, or if you set .autorename(false), it'll yield the error instead.