Ability to launch merge from folder sync
Folder Sync is really good for single-user development and where a particular file is only changed on either the left or right side.
If changes can be made to a common file then care must be taken NOT to default to compare timestamps as 1 side will always be later than the other when shared files are changed - you must use content compare otherwise 1 side can loose their changes.
So, by setting the rules as content compare, you need to do a folder synch first, and then a folder compare to process the remaining different files.
However, even that is no good as content compare always ends up with nothing to sync as the sync is ONLY time-based.
What I would liketo see is the ability to diff or merge available in the drop-down of the 'if files are different' in the folder sync settings.
Or the ability to display them but not synchronise them.
You can use the Peek facility, and compare the file from there, but not merge it. You also cannot filter the peek window to only show differences.
Advanced wish 3-way synch (which would help resolving files changed on both sides problem) - the ability to specify an ancester folder as well as the left and right, so that BC3 can know what has been changed on both sides, irrespective of timestamps, and will then automatically know which changes to copy left, which to copy right, and which need resolution. Double-clicking on an unresolved file would launch the 3-way merge (result of merge depends on sync target - update both, update left, etc.)
Certainly such a powerful tool could well sway a company-wide update to BC3 from BC2, based on simple cost-saving on this activity alone.
If changes can be made to a common file then care must be taken NOT to default to compare timestamps as 1 side will always be later than the other when shared files are changed - you must use content compare otherwise 1 side can loose their changes.
So, by setting the rules as content compare, you need to do a folder synch first, and then a folder compare to process the remaining different files.
However, even that is no good as content compare always ends up with nothing to sync as the sync is ONLY time-based.
What I would liketo see is the ability to diff or merge available in the drop-down of the 'if files are different' in the folder sync settings.
Or the ability to display them but not synchronise them.
You can use the Peek facility, and compare the file from there, but not merge it. You also cannot filter the peek window to only show differences.
Advanced wish 3-way synch (which would help resolving files changed on both sides problem) - the ability to specify an ancester folder as well as the left and right, so that BC3 can know what has been changed on both sides, irrespective of timestamps, and will then automatically know which changes to copy left, which to copy right, and which need resolution. Double-clicking on an unresolved file would launch the 3-way merge (result of merge depends on sync target - update both, update left, etc.)
Certainly such a powerful tool could well sway a company-wide update to BC3 from BC2, based on simple cost-saving on this activity alone.
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