However, very tricky to implement, so lower priority.
Some technical details for whoever is interested in
implementation:
- we have DIFFRANGE list, every DIFFRANGE item has
linenumbers of difference area from *both* files.
- which means that to resynch one needs to re-calculate all
differences
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This feature has cause a little envy on my side of coworkers using the commercial Beyond Compare tool which does have this feature. It comes in very handy after heavier refactoring work that sometimes throws the diff engine entirely off. Lower priority? we have patience 8-)
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I do not know how it works. I would like to manually sync two lines of two files. How many sync point can I sync. It looks it can't sync more than two lines. I am unable to sync the second pair of lines. The sync of the second pair of another two lines in the same session/comparison doesn't work. When I sync the second pair of lines, it unsync files unpredictably... :'(
Version 2.13.30.0
In WinMerge, synchronization points represent where files are split and compared.
For this reason, it is not guaranteed that the set synchronization points will always be at the same position. In particular, it seems that it often does not work well when the synchronization point is set on the line where there is no difference.
If you set synchronization points in the </dxlc:LayoutItem.Resource> line like the attached image, you will get the expected result.
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Nice idea, and would be useful.
However, very tricky to implement, so lower priority.
Some technical details for whoever is interested in
implementation:
- we have DIFFRANGE list, every DIFFRANGE item has
linenumbers of difference area from *both* files.
- which means that to resynch one needs to re-calculate all
differences
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This feature has cause a little envy on my side of coworkers using the commercial Beyond Compare tool which does have this feature. It comes in very handy after heavier refactoring work that sometimes throws the diff engine entirely off. Lower priority? we have patience 8-)
ID: 1647433 is a duplicate of this request.
Would really be a great feature and would find it very useful.
This RFE is implemented in 2.15.2
Please click the Merge / Add Synchronization Point menu item to re-sync on the selected lines
I do not know how it works. I would like to manually sync two lines of two files. How many sync point can I sync. It looks it can't sync more than two lines. I am unable to sync the second pair of lines. The sync of the second pair of another two lines in the same session/comparison doesn't work. When I sync the second pair of lines, it unsync files unpredictably... :'(
Version 2.13.30.0
Last edit: talbot_sk 2023-05-18
In WinMerge, synchronization points represent where files are split and compared.
For this reason, it is not guaranteed that the set synchronization points will always be at the same position. In particular, it seems that it often does not work well when the synchronization point is set on the line where there is no difference.
If you set synchronization points in the
</dxlc:LayoutItem.Resource>line like the attached image, you will get the expected result.