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04-Aug-2008, 12:39 PM
Right click - select left folder for compare
Right click - compare to "left folder"
Compare contents is disabled - shortly the view appears with 5000 files because the timestamp is different.
Click Select All Files, Compare Contents, Rules-based comparison, Start. The start button remains depressed until the compare is complete. No progress bar ever appeared. The compare takes 52.47 seconds to complete.
Click Show All to reveal all the files once again. Click Select All Files, Compare Contents, Rules-based comparison, Start. Progress bar appears. The compare completes in 3.86 seconds.
The difference in time above is not due to cache either, I ran each test repeatedly to make sure I had the steps right.
Ok, I've found a clue. If the View is Show All, a progress bar will always appear. My default view is apparently Diffs No Orphans.
So to enable really fast compares -and get a progress bar - when selecting many files, make sure the current view is Show All.
Right click - compare to "left folder"
Compare contents is disabled - shortly the view appears with 5000 files because the timestamp is different.
Click Select All Files, Compare Contents, Rules-based comparison, Start. The start button remains depressed until the compare is complete. No progress bar ever appeared. The compare takes 52.47 seconds to complete.
Click Show All to reveal all the files once again. Click Select All Files, Compare Contents, Rules-based comparison, Start. Progress bar appears. The compare completes in 3.86 seconds.
The difference in time above is not due to cache either, I ran each test repeatedly to make sure I had the steps right.
Ok, I've found a clue. If the View is Show All, a progress bar will always appear. My default view is apparently Diffs No Orphans.
So to enable really fast compares -and get a progress bar - when selecting many files, make sure the current view is Show All.