High risk of data loss on collaboration

[FPtje]

Do NOT use this application when you're working with classmates on a project. The risk of losing data in files is way too damn high. Here's why:

The merging mechanism isn't just stupid, it's nonexistent. Have this situation:

a/
   b.txt
   c.txt

Have one example. It's the absolute worst one:

1. Edit b.txt
2. Drive pull a
3. b.txt will show an "M", stating it's modified. If you proceed with pulling, b.txt will be overwritten with an older file.

Why would you want to pull the folder? Well, your teammates might have edit c.txt, or maybe they have even edited b.txt. When you see that b.txt was modified, you're led to believe that your teammates modified it. The fact is that it could mean that, but it's probably because you edited b.txt yourself. There is no way to tell.

In a project I handed in today I was very careful to push and pull per file. Luckily no one else edited files at the same time I did, that would have put me in deep trouble. That or maybe that did happen, drive wouldn't have told me so there would be no way for me to find out unless they actually told me. Despite the per file push/pulling I still lost data, most likely because I pulled the folder thinking I had pushed my per file changes.

Files just get overwritten. Both on push and on pull. No merging, no conflict mechanism, no warnings that you're overwriting unsaved changes (or haven't merged with the latest version yet) and a downright misleading status message. This tool is not safe for projects in which people cooperate.

[FPtje]

Hold on let me move this to the new repo.