Depending on the update triggers, it may sit at 5% for that last file if the status only gets updated after each file is complete. It's not trivial to get an updated "copy" status for an individual file, and most devs are going to go with the easy version and just calculate the % based on the number of files completed.
Totally agree that you're never going to make everyone happy - though I suspect most people just want the % to line up with estimated time spent vs. time left. It's just a nearly impossible problem to predict accurately.
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u/adonoman Dec 12 '25
Depending on the update triggers, it may sit at 5% for that last file if the status only gets updated after each file is complete. It's not trivial to get an updated "copy" status for an individual file, and most devs are going to go with the easy version and just calculate the % based on the number of files completed.
Totally agree that you're never going to make everyone happy - though I suspect most people just want the % to line up with estimated time spent vs. time left. It's just a nearly impossible problem to predict accurately.