[Suggestion] Implementation of dual sync between desktop and mobile

[dragos240]

I see on the page on the website in Sharing it says it's recommended to share in one direction to prevent the possibility of messing up your budget. I'm not sure how it's implemented now, but I can think of a few ways to prevent this behavior:

• Lock the database when one device syncs so that the other does not attempt to sync simultaneously, possibly corrupting data
• Hash the budget file on each side, requiring both sides to have the same starting hash before allowing syncing
• Enable automatic backups when a sync is initiated

[iffy]

Thanks for the idea!

I don't want to implement a lock because Buckets is meant to be able to run completely offline. So instead I'm working allowing merging: https://github.com/buckets/application/issues/134 Much of the work is already done (the part that tracks changes). Now I just need to do the merging part. I'm really excited for it!

[qskwood]

I wanted to ask for an update on this. I see merge functionality in the desktop app after I make changes on my mobile, but using it crashes the app and doesn't allow me to send a bug report. Has there been any progress on this?

[iffy]

@qskwood Could you email your log file to hello@budgetwithbuckets.com -- we're working on trying to fix crashes that occur during merges.