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Originally Posted by kiwidude
A few weeks ago I just tweaked the source code in my version as a quick compromise to fit the behaviour I wanted for comments/tags - the nice thing about open source.
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Yes, that's how I started - a feature I wanted wasn't there, so I tweaked the code for myself. Then I figured I'd share and posted my tweak, and Kovid posted - why not submit it as an enhancement. I still have a few minor tweaks that are personal.
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only thought of that possible resolution today
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It was good thought. I like it, if we can reliably identify a "null" date.
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In fact I did consider proposing a "Merge Formats only" menu option because 99% of the time that is the behaviour I want
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This shouldn't be hard - we'd just add it as a third entry to the current list of 1) regular merge and 2) safe-merge (keep others). I like it, too (in the simple form of "don't touch my metadata in the destination, just add my formats") It's basically just the AutoMerge code, without having to run the author/title matching algorithm first.
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If conflicts are found, a dialog pops up listing the conflicting formats in the rows, and you choose which ones you want to "win" (having the ability to launch the viewer from that dialog).
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If this was written, I think people would be asking for it on all merges, not just "Merge Formats only." This moves us towards the fine grained Merge screen - what gets merged, and what gets overwritten is controlled by the new control screen, not by the order of selection. There's not much difference between choosing which of two Series or Title to keep, and which of two pdf formats to keep.