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Feature Request - Check empty galleries folder & show warning before executing sync #1164

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opened 2026-10-05 00:33:55 +02:00 by adam · 1 comment
adam commented 2026-10-05 00:33:55 +02:00
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Hi,
thanks for providing piwigo!

Background Info

I encountered the following issue in my piwigo installation:
I added some photos to my galleries folder and afterwards wanted to perform a quick sync.
The docker container where piwigo is running (linuxserver/piwigo) did not properly show contents of my image folder and hence it seemed empty for piwigo.
Without asking my entire picture gallery was deleted via the quick sync.
A quick restart of the docker container made the galleries folder show files again, but by that time I had to recreate my entire albums, ordering, etc. in Piwigo.

Feature request:

  • If a user clicks on "Synchronization", check, if the galleries folder is empty first: If that is the case: Show warning to user, like "Your galleries folder seems to be empty. If you proceed all your albums will be deleted. Do you want to continue?" with two options: "Yes, delete albums", "No, abort synchronization".

With that security mechanism other users don't fall into the this trap in the future.

Hi, thanks for providing piwigo! ## Background Info I encountered the following issue in my piwigo installation: I added some photos to my galleries folder and afterwards wanted to perform a quick sync. The docker container where piwigo is running (linuxserver/piwigo) did not properly show contents of my image folder and hence it seemed empty for piwigo. Without asking my entire picture gallery was deleted via the quick sync. A quick restart of the docker container made the galleries folder show files again, but by that time I had to recreate my entire albums, ordering, etc. in Piwigo. ## Feature request: * If a user clicks on "Synchronization", check, if the galleries folder is empty first: If that is the case: Show warning to user, like "Your galleries folder seems to be empty. If you proceed all your albums will be deleted. Do you want to continue?" with two options: "Yes, delete albums", "No, abort synchronization". With that security mechanism other users don't fall into the this trap in the future. <!-- github-sync-id:808281031 -->
adam commented 2026-10-05 00:33:56 +02:00
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we have already a safety mechanism which is the simulated sync; I don't see any better version than just a complete simulation of what will happen even though we could improve the display of the reporting.
We could add a "Don't delete" option, in order to keep pictures which are momentarily not accessible for cases such as external drives... but that's not exactly what you need. What you need, is just to execute a simulation.
I used the sync and had unexpected issues on a old shared web-hosting; now I always perform a simulation to avoid any king of bad surprises

we have already a safety mechanism which is the simulated sync; I don't see any better version than just a complete simulation of what will happen even though we could improve the display of the reporting. We could add a "Don't delete" option, in order to keep pictures which are momentarily not accessible for cases such as external drives... but that's not exactly what you need. What you need, is just to execute a simulation. I used the sync and had unexpected issues on a old shared web-hosting; now I always perform a simulation to avoid any king of bad surprises <!-- github-comment-id:792671610 -->
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Reference: adam/Piwigo#1164