#22 "List Only Deltas" causes directory merge to delete files

[Toby Johnson]

Steps to reproduce (for example):

1. Turn on "List only deltas" under "Directory Merge"
   configuration tab.
2. Select "Choose A for all items". This should copy
   all changes from "A" to "B".
3. Perform merge.
4. Any files which were identical in "A" and "B" have
   now been deleted from "B".

[Joachim Eibl]

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There seems to be a bug, but not exactly what you describe.
When a subdirectory was there then the original "subdir" is renamed
to "subdir.orig" and in the new "subdir" the previously identical files
are really missing. Could you please confirm this?
Thanks for writing. I'll fix this.
Joachim

[Toby Johnson]

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I didn't mention in my original post that I have the "backup
files (*.orig)" option turned off. If I turn this option
back on, it behaves in the way you describe. But if it's
off, the files that were identical to begin with are
permanently deleted.

The problem seems to be that, if you choose (for example)
"A" instead of "Merge" for the parent directory, it does a
recursive delete of that directory as the first step. But
when "list only deltas" is on, instead of a recursive delete
of the directory, it should only delete all the files which
are showing as deltas.

[Joachim Eibl]

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Yes, now I can reproduce it. It's worse than I thought, but I'm glad
it doesn't happen with enabled backups. Thank you for the fast
response.
Joachim