[dolphin] [Bug 472972] New: Moving a Soft Link Moves the File

[Riki Heck]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=472972

            Bug ID: 472972
           Summary: Moving a Soft Link Moves the File
    Classification: Applications
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 23.04.2
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: rikiheck at gmail.com
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

If I have a soft link in a directory and drag it to a different directory, then
what happens, very unexpectedly, is that the target file itself is moved to
that directory and deleted from its original location. 

I.e., suppose I have in my home directory a link myfile.txt whose target is
/tmp/realfile.txt. If I drag that link to, say, $HOME/tmp/, then what happens
is that realfile.txt gets moved to $HOME/tmp/. So /tmp/realfile.txt no longer
exists, and the link itself disappears.

To say this is unexpected would be an understatement. If the original file was
on a shared drive, it could effectively lead to data loss for other users.

I am reasonably confident it did not always work this way.

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