Re: [Kdiff3-user] Kdiff3 deletes directory instead of updating files during merge

[Joachim E. <joa...@gm...>]

Hi A.D,

I wasn't able to reproduce the problem with the new version I released today.
Perhaps you could also give it a try and please inform me if the problem 
remains.

Cheers,
Joachim

Am Wednesday 17 December 2008 09:38:37 schrieb androdev k:
> Please help.
>
> When I run directory merge (F7), KDiff3 first deletes the folder in the
> destination (C), and copies the files from the source (B). So if my
> destination folder contains "ignored" content such as CVS folder, binary
> content, etc. they will all be deleted/lost.
>
> This is the simulation run output:
> delete directory recursively( <C>/commoncpp )
> delete directory recursively( <C>/commoncpp/src )
> delete directory recursively( <C>/commoncpp/src/common )
> delete( <C>/commoncpp/src/common/DatabaseException.cpp )
> copy( <B>/commoncpp/src/common/DatabaseException.cpp ->
> <C>/commoncpp/src/common/DatabaseException.cpp )
> delete( <C>/commoncpp/src/common/DatabaseException.h )
> copy( <B>/commoncpp/src/common/DatabaseException.h ->
> <C>/commoncpp/src/common/DatabaseException.h )
>
> How can I change this behaviour? Deleting <C> folders just to update one of
> the files inside has very bad side effects.
>
> Thanks.
> A.D