[TC 11.00 and older] Compare directories over network / diacritic characters

[kamilbaranski]

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When comparing local directories with the ones over the network, diacritic characters are treated as different ones. However, in the next step (sync) TC asks if we want to replace existing files.

Here I'm comparing the Win10 (local) with MacOS 10.15.7 (network).

[Dalai]

However, in the next step (sync) TC asks if we want to replace existing files.

About the exact same files that have been found to have different names in the comparison?

Regards
Dalai

[ghisler(Author)]

The reason is MacOS: It stores diacritics differently from Windows, so they are indeed separate directories.
For example,
Windows stores é as a single character, while
MacOS stores it as e plus separate accent ´.

[kamilbaranski]

The reason is MacOS: It stores diacritics differently from Windows, so they are indeed separate directories.

Yes, can we have a fix for this? If there's later the "overwrite question" dialog, I assume we can find out if these are the same files/directories. Otherwise the compare directories function is useless for such files.

[ghisler(Author)]

No we can't. The problem is that these two directories can actually both exist at the same time on the same drive, in the same subdirectory.

[ghisler(Author)]

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[kamilbaranski]

No we can't. The problem is that these two directories can actually both exist at the same time on the same drive, in the same subdirectory.

I understand. However I'd suggest a convenient solution:

Could we have the checkbox like a "Ignore diacritic characters" next to the "Ignore date" checkbox?

[ghisler(Author)]

That would be a lot more difficult, because it would also have to match names with diacritics with names where they are completely removed.

[Hacker]

kamilbaranski,

Could we have the checkbox like a "Ignore diacritic characters"

Are we talking about "Synchronize Dirs" or "Compare Directories"?
What should happen if there is:

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Left:      Right:
file name  fílé ňámé
           file name

?

Roman

[ghisler(Author)]

2Hacker
In your example, the two without diacritics would match. But there can be unsolvable cases like

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Left:      Right:
file name  fílé ňámé
           file nâme

[kamilbaranski]

Are we talking about "Synchronize Dirs" or "Compare Directories"?

I meant the Synchronize Dirs window - I'm using it to synchronize changes in projects I work on both PC and Mac. At the moment I need to additionally check all these files by hand... (This is time-consuming and may introduce mistakes.)

In my example there are no such files, but I understand Christian must predict this behavior. I'm not sure what is the proper way to sync files "file name" and "fílé ňámé". I think the "ignore date" works only when comparing files, so should probably "ignore diacritics" - as "Ignore date" doesn't additionally handle the date of the file when syncing/replacing them.

I understand Apple is the one to blame here (not the first time though ).