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### Please describe the problem.
The new `--preserve-filename` option does not have its described effect on torrent files.
### What steps will reproduce the problem?
[[!format sh """
$ git annex addurl --preserve-filename \
http://downloads.endor.at/chaos-math_multi-language_1080p_mkv.ea15601881aa1be1.torrent
"""]]
(cancelling when at least a file has arrived)
[[!format sh """
$ tree
└── downloads.endor.at_chaos-math_multi-language_1080p_mkv.ea15601881aa1be1.torrent/
└── 01._Motion_and_determinism_-_Panta_Rhei__1080p_.mkv
$ btcheck -l <(curl 'https://downloads.endor.at/chaos-math_multi-language_1080p_mkv.ea15601881aa1be1.torrent')
Base directory : chaos-math_multi-language_1080p_mkv
01. Motion and determinism - Panta Rhei [1080p].mkv (409315188)
"""]]
Based on the description of `--preserve-filename`, given that nothing in the names is particularly malicious, I'd have expected the tree output to look like this:
[[!format sh """
$ tree
└── chaos-math_multi-language_1080p_mkv/ (as per base directory)
└── 01. Motion and determinism - Panta Rhei [1080p].mkv
"""]]
### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
8.20200522 (built using `gbp buildpackage` from current git master, 87dc9cd0)
### Please provide any additional information below.
This option, when working with torrents, would be a building block to [[todo/bittorrent: support offline operation and verification]], and resolve most of the suggestions from there.
### Have you had any luck using git-annex before?
Yes: It saved me from potential data loss when my backup cron jobs stopped working and the mails got lost -- `git annex drop` failing on the laptops was both the right thing to do given numcopies=2, and alerted me to the problem in due time.