Hard to determine difference in duplicated files

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Hard to determine difference in duplicated files #1400

Closed supermensa closed 1 year ago

supermensa commented 3 years ago

When a user edits a file and it somehow doesn't sync, a new file (of the same name) is created by standard notes.

In the mobile app, as well as desktop, it is impossible to know which file is latest or see a diff style comparison of what file the user might prefer to keep and which to delete.

JaspalSuri commented 3 years ago

Sorry to hear that, @supermensa. I'm afraid that users will need to use an offline text-diff tool in order to determine the difference. I'll take note of the enhancement for providing in-app text diff feature if possible.

supermensa commented 3 years ago

A suggestion to this would be to question why it doesn't just merge the difference automatically - instead of having to identically named files which are impossible to diff without another piece of software.

JaspalSuri commented 3 years ago

It's possible that a user might delete something in order to update their, so if there was syncing issue that was resolved by merging a locally stored copy of the note and the last version of the note that was synced to the server, then some unwanted data might be added back to a note and potentially confuse that user.

supermensa commented 2 years ago

I understand that this might be a problem, but the other case is that you end up with two, possibly large, and it is not immediately possible to know which one is the latest, especially on a mobile. Thus you can end up with a large amount of duplicate files due to bad network connections (especially if you're on the go).

myreli commented 1 year ago

Duplicates https://github.com/standardnotes/forum/discussions/2602