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PSA qBittorrent-nox v5.0.0 moves removed torrent data to .Trash by default (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by American_Jesus@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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When removing a torrent with "Also remove the content files" instead of deleting the files it moves to .Trash-ID, even on headless/docker systems.

Set to delete files: Settings -> Advanced -> Torrent content removing mode: Delete files permanently

Issue https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/21497

PS: There's a pull request to revert back to delete https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/pull/21528

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[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You apparently have little interaction with regular users because one of the top problems a non-power user has is "oops I accidentally hit delete on this important file I don't have a backup of".

Not saying qbittorrent-nox of all things switching makes a ton of sense but at least for desktop applications there is a very good reason why deleting things becomes a two step process.

[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 3 points 3 weeks ago

Graphical applications should definitely do this, it's rather easy to hit delete accidentally but in CLI? I wanna see a cat type rm and some valid parameters, so if the user typed the whole command out it should probably do just the one exact (destructive) thing.