Feature request - folder compare, copy files left/right

[CaptSaltyJack]

I can compare two folders, which is great, but the obvious option to copy a file from the left folder to the right folder (or vice versa) is missing. It would be great if there was a copy left/right button. This alone is something I'd pay money for, it's that valuable.

[jeffhostetler]

I wanted to add this to 3.3 (that we shipped today), but it didn't make it.
Hopefully, I can get it into the next release.

jeff hostetler

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[CaptSaltyJack]

Ahh man! So close. Thanks Jeff, that is a totally killer feature that would make DiffMerge a totally complete package.

And thanks for keeping this free!

[CaptSaltyJack]

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[kmenningen]

I second this request to be able to copy files. WinMerge does this, but I'd like to get off of WinMerge and onto a diffmerge package that runs on both Windows and Mac OSX.

Another thing WinMerge does is in folder view (when comparing folders) it has a File Date column, one for the left tree and one for the right tree, that shows the file date of files that are different. Furthermore, it puts an asterisk (*) in the column of the newer file date. This is super handy to know which way to copy the files (to the left or to the right) once you have this copy files feature implemented. Therefore I recommend you put both the copy files left/right feature and the file dates column feature in at the same time.

Thanks!

--Kevin

[jeffhostetler]

Yeah, adding date/time and maybe file size is something that I've been wanting to do.

(FWIW, I was rebuilding a machine last night after a hard disk crash and merging things
from Time Machine and various additional backups and "asking" myself for the very same
features....)

Thanks for the note,
jeff