Re: [Kdiff3-user] [arey] dir merge - overwrite new with old

[David M. B. <da...@pa...>]

hi Joachim,

On 7/6/2010 12:10 PM, Joachim Eibl wrote:

> David M. Besonen wrote:
>
>> how can i configure kdiff3 to merge two directories such
>> that when duplicate file names are found the oldest file is
>> the one that is retained?
>> 
>> assume that dir A: is the location to which the older files
>> from directory B: will be copied.
>
> This is currently not supported.

might there be a way in which i could "trick" kdiff3 into
executing this behavior?


> I never had a requirement for this, and also don't understand
> in which kind of situation this might be needed. If you think
> this is a feature others might also need, please provide some
> more information.

the situation is one in which many files have been duplicated and
modified and located in a directory different than the original
files.  this other directory was already populated with a
different set of files.  i need to merge these two directories
and i don't want the duplicated, modified files to overwrite the
older files in the first directory with the same file names.

how much work would it be to add this functionality to kdiff3?


thanks,
david