This section let you choose the default rules to apply
when merging two directories. You can choose to mirror
left or right version (which will disable all the
controls in this window) or to apply specific
rules. You can also select remove the
item, this option will remove all the items (those
which are neither modified by hand to something else nor
ignored).
When left or right version exists but the other one is
missing, you can:
keep the existing version,
remove the item,
let unresolved
When both versions exist, and are different, you can:
remove the item,
keep oldest or most recent version,
keep left or right version,
let unresolved
When both versions exist and are identical, you can:
keep the item,
remove the item
When the item is missing from the left and right views, but
present in the result folder, you can:
ignore the item,
remove the item
Defining merge rules
may be useful when synchronizing the same folders frequently.
You can create a Status file with all the
parameters for the synchronization (file patterns to
exclude/include, do not treat files older than a given
date...). Each time you re-open the comparison with the Status
file, all your options will be restored. You can modify them
with the Document
options toolbar button, and save the Status file. The
more rules you can specify in this panel, the
more decisions Ellié Computing Merge will take to
merge files (respecting the given rules). Therefore you will
have much less files to merge manually.
All the decisions
the software will take will not be applied immediately. You may
check them in the "Result" and "Remaining actions" columns in
the bottom view of the Folders Comparison document, before
applying them (Merge result / Write in the contextual
menu applied on the selected items, or the Write to result toolbar button).
Defining merge rules
may be useful when synchronizing the same folders frequently.
You can create a Status file with all the
parameters for the synchronization (file patterns to
exclude/include, do not treat files older than a given
date...). Each time you re-open the comparison with the Status
file, all your options will be restored. You can modify them
with the 
Document
options toolbar button, and save the Status file. The
more rules you can specify in this panel, the
more decisions Ellié Computing Merge will take to
merge files (respecting the given rules). Therefore you will
have much less files to merge manually.
Write to result toolbar button).