Recursive get (sync) broken for empty folders.
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The logic:
is wrong as zero results will be returned for an empty folder and getting the folder will not compare correctly to a File.
Also why aren't we using synapseutils.walk here instead of replicating the code.
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Kimyen Truong
May 15, 2018, 6:05 PM
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Verified that the problem exists in the Python client 1.8.1.
Error from calling `syncFromSynapse()` on an empty folder:
For non-empty folder:
Note that the warning is very confusing:
Does anyone else think that this is confusing?
Kimyen Truong
May 15, 2018, 6:18 PM
Running `syncFromSynapse` on a project that contains an empty folder:
Larsson Omberg
May 15, 2018, 6:40 PM
Yes, I don't think we should not warn if we overwrite files in the cache. The cache should not be touched directly by the user.
Kimyen Truong
May 15, 2018, 11:25 PM
pull request for the empty folder fix: https://github.com/Sage-Bionetworks/synapsePythonClient/pull/541
Kenneth Daily
August 17, 2018, 8:36 PM
works!
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Kimyen Truong
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Larsson Omberg
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