Previously saved allocation result is overwritten by a newly saved allocation result with the same type of preferred file type

[nus-pe-bot]

I am able to save 2 different sets of allocation results if i choose different file types, but if i already had an allocation result saved in CSV file format, and choose to save new allocation results with CSV again, the previously saved file would be overwritten. There are no indications that the previously saved file would be overwritten in this case. I do not see why I can only save different results by choosing different file types to be saved as, when same file types with different names can exist simultaneously.

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_{[original: nus-cs2113-AY2425S1/pe-interim#331] [original labels: severity.Medium type.FeatureFlaw]}

[Holy-An]

Team's Response

Hi, thank you for raising this issue up, similar to #562. However, as stated in our User Guide in page 11, we have mentioned that the contents of the results would be overwritten if the file do exists, as shown in the screenshot below, under the IMPORTANT section. Furthermore, we do believe it is more convenient for data files to be overwritten. If an admin wants to use a different set of student data, he/she can move the allocation_results file to a separate folder, or rename the file.

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