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in the UI :
if you move a file from folder A to folder B then and a file with the same name already exists then you get an “Notice” :
&gt; A file with the same name already exists in the selected folder.
And the file move does not occur.

in SS:
move of same kind by changing the `file.folder` reference (and save) you get no feedback /exception (and the move does not occur)

that discrepancy feels like a bug.  thoughts?  admittedly it’s likely inadvisable for NS to change this behaviour so perhaps there needs to be a `move` method added

FWIW, the workaround is to keep track of the old value and inspect if the `file.folder` reference updated

as a weird side effect… if the folder A has file A.X and folder B has B.X and you do the above.  B.X will be unchanged except…. B.X will report a size the same as A.X

i didn’t fully test this but it definitely is the case when A.X size &gt; B.X  — note contents of B.X remains unchanged