When the SHA-256 dedup found identical content already in the library,
the scan skipped the file as a duplicate - and after files moved
between folders the old row kept its stale path, cycled missing ->
archived, and the new path never took. The archive feature turned the
old destructive move behavior into a stuck move instead.
Now the dedup branch stats the old location: if it is gone, the book
was MOVED, so the row is repointed (file_path, file_size) with archive
state cleared and reading history intact. 'Skip as duplicate' only
applies when the old path still exists (a true copy). Verified live: a
moved EPUB kept its single row, followed the file, and never entered
the missing/archive cycle.
John O'Keefe
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