matonashi
Veteran Member
I don't know about Dupeguru but Duplicate Cleaner compares the files' (MD5) hashes by default, though you can also switch to simpler rules such as only looking at the filename, size or last modified.
As far as I know hashing is the most efficient and plug-and-play way to compare files since in an ideal world there is a perfect one-to-one correlation between input and hash. Even the slightest modification would produce a radically different hash and return negative for dupe checks - though I suppose you already know that if you know Python and programming in general.
Speaking of which, I once built a simple app in Java to scan for duplicate mods with different versions, contents and generally just really poor documentation on the modder's part (for the love of God please change the version number in manifest.xml too on an update). At that point I realized comparing mods/cards/scenes has so many ifs, buts and unlesses that a tailored solution with minimal human input is probably impossible. Best I can do is isolate likely outdated mods in a specific folder then double check before deleting.
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