From aa3c587002b7df01ddd8c24d4ba48355ce5a25fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andras Schmelczer <andras@schmelczer.dev>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:50:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Dedup paths on create document

---
 sync-server/src/server/create_document.rs     | 15 +++++++++--
 sync-server/src/server/update_document.rs     | 27 +++++++------------
 sync-server/src/utils.rs                      |  1 +
 .../src/utils/find_first_available_path.rs    | 24 +++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 sync-server/src/utils/find_first_available_path.rs

diff --git a/sync-server/src/server/create_document.rs b/sync-server/src/server/create_document.rs
index 0f698538..a8d80f39 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/server/create_document.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/server/create_document.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ use crate::{
     },
     config::user_config::User,
     errors::{SyncServerError, client_error, server_error},
-    utils::{normalize::normalize, sanitize_path::sanitize_path},
+    utils::{
+        find_first_available_path::find_first_available_path, normalize::normalize,
+        sanitize_path::sanitize_path,
+    },
 };
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -66,11 +69,19 @@ pub async fn create_document(
         .map_err(server_error)?;
 
     let sanitized_relative_path = sanitize_path(&request.relative_path);
+    let deduped_path = find_first_available_path(
+        &vault_id,
+        &sanitized_relative_path,
+        &state.database,
+        &mut transaction,
+    )
+    .await
+    .map_err(server_error)?;
 
     let new_version = StoredDocumentVersion {
         vault_update_id: last_update_id + 1,
         document_id,
-        relative_path: sanitized_relative_path,
+        relative_path: deduped_path,
         content: request.content.contents.to_vec(),
         updated_date: chrono::Utc::now(),
         is_deleted: false,
diff --git a/sync-server/src/server/update_document.rs b/sync-server/src/server/update_document.rs
index cb81361b..37beabd6 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/server/update_document.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/server/update_document.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ use crate::{
     errors::{SyncServerError, not_found_error, server_error},
     server::requests::UpdateBinaryDocumentVersion,
     utils::{
-        dedup_paths::dedup_paths, is_binary::is_binary,
-        is_file_type_mergable::is_file_type_mergable, normalize::normalize,
+        dedup_paths::dedup_paths, find_first_available_path::find_first_available_path,
+        is_binary::is_binary, is_file_type_mergable::is_file_type_mergable, normalize::normalize,
         sanitize_path::sanitize_path,
     },
 };
@@ -215,21 +215,14 @@ async fn update_document(
     let new_relative_path = if parent_document.relative_path == latest_version.relative_path
         && latest_version.relative_path != sanitized_relative_path
     {
-        let mut new_relative_path = String::default();
-        for candidate in dedup_paths(&sanitized_relative_path) {
-            if state
-                .database
-                .get_latest_document_by_path(&vault_id, &candidate, Some(&mut transaction))
-                .await
-                .map_err(server_error)?
-                .is_none()
-            {
-                new_relative_path = candidate;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        new_relative_path
+        find_first_available_path(
+            &vault_id,
+            &sanitized_relative_path,
+            &state.database,
+            &mut transaction,
+        )
+        .await
+        .map_err(server_error)?
     } else {
         latest_version.relative_path.clone()
     };
diff --git a/sync-server/src/utils.rs b/sync-server/src/utils.rs
index 7345880d..460a1466 100644
--- a/sync-server/src/utils.rs
+++ b/sync-server/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod dedup_paths;
+pub mod find_first_available_path;
 pub mod is_binary;
 pub mod is_file_type_mergable;
 pub mod normalize;
diff --git a/sync-server/src/utils/find_first_available_path.rs b/sync-server/src/utils/find_first_available_path.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f662b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync-server/src/utils/find_first_available_path.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use crate::app_state::database::models::VaultId;
+use crate::{app_state::database::Transaction, utils::dedup_paths::dedup_paths};
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+pub async fn find_first_available_path(
+    vault_id: &VaultId,
+    sanitized_relative_path: &str,
+    database: &crate::app_state::database::Database,
+    transaction: &mut Transaction<'_>,
+) -> Result<String> {
+    let mut new_relative_path = String::default();
+    for candidate in dedup_paths(&sanitized_relative_path) {
+        if database
+            .get_latest_document_by_path(&vault_id, &candidate, Some(transaction))
+            .await?
+            .is_none()
+        {
+            new_relative_path = candidate;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(new_relative_path)
+}