Beyond Compare merges - is there a "take left for all"?

Question

When we do merges with Beyond Compare there is a "Take Left" or "Take Right" option for each conflict.. is there any way to do a "Take Left for all conflicts"? I've seen this in other merge tools (Kidff3 has it) but I can't see it in Beyond Compare.

Oliver

Sorry, I didn't think through my answer completely so I deleted it. I don't believe there's a way to do it. – Irk

Answer 1

Change the display filter to Show Conflicts (View->Show Conflicts), then in one of the input panes use Select All (Ctrl+A) followed by Take Left (Ctrl+L) or Take Right (Ctrl+R).

Appetency

Answer 2

To follow up on what Craig said, Beyond Compare version 3 operates slightly differently. View->Show Conflicts is now View->Show Context.

Also,

• Take Left is now Copy to Left (Ctrl+L)
• Take Right is now Copy to Right (Ctrl+R)

The two mentioned points could be vexing for someone who reads this with V3, because Take and Copy could be seen as opposites.

Additory

My comments were for v3. Beyond Compare 3 Pro has a dedicated merge interface that takes 3 input files (yours, mine, and a shared ancestor) and shows the automatically merged results in a fourth output panel. The commands you're referring to only appear in the 2-way compare, which you can use for merging, but it can't detect conflicts, handle the merge automatically, or tell you which side a change came from. That is how we document "merges" for v2 and v3 Standard, which don't support the full merge interface though. – Natividadnativism