Re: Renamed a file and lost previous versions

Stephen B.21 · ‎07-03-2015

I update one of my files every week and therefore have a number of previous versions. However today I decided to rename the file and now I don't have ANY of my previous versions???
Please help 🙂

DaveC2 · ‎07-03-2015

Have you considers the most obvious act?
Lets see today when I RENAMED MY FILE i lost all the version history.
Tomorrow when you RENAME YOUR FILE BACK AGAIN, you might find them.

Stephen B.21 · ‎07-27-2015

Great idea Dave.

Tried it today and the same thing happened. There was the current version and a old version, then after the rename there were no other versions.

Jim C.55 · ‎02-20-2016

Hi,

I renamed a file and cant find previous

Mark · ‎02-20-2016

The previous versions will be attached to the original file's name.

Go back to the original files names for the previous versions.

The new named file is a new file, so has no history.

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Stephen B.21 · ‎02-21-2016

That is NOT how version control works. I've been managing DMS (Document Management Systems) at work and over the years I have not heard of anything as ridiculous as that. Another reason why I don't use Dropbox anymore. Google Drive does the same and more.

DaveC2 · ‎02-21-2016

@Stephen B. DB does not supply a DMS, it supplies a synced document/file system.

The version of each file inserted into the system is tracked and stored under the filename of the file inserted/edited/removed. It never claimed to be a management system where a rename or move would be tracked, in fact the whole idea of that is pretty hard to grasp on a post event basis (which DB is doing), DMS require you to check in and check out etc, Db just watches for anything you do.

Stephen B.21 · ‎02-25-2016

Thanks for confirming its another reason to NOT use Dropbox and continue using Google Drive. I tested the version control in Google Drive and it works as per a DMS system (checking in and out is not what I'm talking about) where you can rename a file but keep the previous versions.

Victory D. · ‎02-26-2016

Simply look at the deleted files. The old deleted name one will have history.

Stephen B.21 · ‎02-26-2016

That is the best you can come up with?! If Google Drive can manage it the Dropbox can (especially considering cloud storage is the ONLY service they offer).