Feature request: Aligning files with different names in Folder Compare view

[P_e_t_e_r]

Unfortunately, it is currently not possible to use RegEx back references in Alignment Overrides.

My use case / feature request: Align file pairs such as:

(.+)_\d\.txt=\1_\d\.txt

where \1 = back reference to (.+)

Desired alignments (example):
fileNameBeg1_1.txt = fileNameBeg1_2.txt
fileNameBeg2_2.txt = fileNameBeg2_7.txt
someOtherName_0.txt = someOtherName_1.txt

Renaming files before comparing or other "preprocessing" is not an option - I need this feature very often in my daily work.


Proposed solution approach (I use this algorithm in an own project):

regExFilePair = (.+)_\d\.txt:\1_\d\.txt         // (Example, value taken from user-defined alignment)
for all files in folder 1 {
    for all files in folder 2 {
        sFilePair = filename1 + ":" + filename2 // (Note: Colon cannot appear in filename)
        if (sFilePair matches regExFilePair) then file pair is found
    }
}

I think it would be of great use to many users if this would be implemented.

Thanks,
P_e_t_e_r

[Aaron]

Thanks for the feedback. This is something on our Customer Wishlist, and I'll add your notes to our entry on the subject. This is not a currently scheduled task, but our developers look at the wishlist for ideas for future features and enhancements.

[P_e_t_e_r]

Thanks for your reply. It seems to me that I have to continue to rename the files manually before compare (or to work with scripting solutions).