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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000092 | VisualDiffer | Folders differ | public | 2012-02-10 17:43 | 2013-04-13 10:56 |
| Reporter | fduser24 | Assigned To | admin | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | major | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | unable to reproduce | ||
| Platform | 10.7.3 | OS | OS X Lion | OS Version | 10.7.3 |
| Product Version | 1.2 | ||||
| Summary | 0000092: Filtering is not clear and can not be disabled fully | ||||
| Description | Hi, I have removed all the filter rules except for the .DS_Store, but still get files that are apparently filtered. At least when I look at the sizes of two folders they differ even though they are marked as being the same, and then when I click the 'show filtered' button various files show up. The files are generally text/ascii files for various sorts. (I have a bunch of non-standard file types from scientific and home-built software packages) The worry is that (1) I am unable to disable filtering and could thus miss certain files that have changed. (2) It is unclear how the filtering should work in the first place (what does the "is like" option really do? I suspect that that is what is causing the ascii files to be filtered based on one of those 'is like' rules) (3) As an aside: I was quite surprised to see that by default it ignores archives. Perhaps this makes sense if you're using this for coding or something, but you run the risk of throwing out useful zip files if people did not think of checking the settings! | ||||
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One more note: I think part of my confusion stems from the fact that it now seems like the 'show filtered' overrides not only the filters but also the 'show only mismatches' option. Is that right, and by design? |
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Which kind of comparison algorithm are you using? (eg. 'Compare file content and date', 'Compare file content only') (1) May you help me why your files are filtered, so I can easily debug the app? May you attach to this bug a screenshot with filtered on? I understand your privacy so I don't ask to you to send me files? (2) "is like" is really closer to wildstar (eg *.png) (3) I admit VisualDiffer is born for my personal use as developer and comparing large binary archives is an usefulness for me. I'm considering to add the feature to create personalized filter sets overriding the actual default |
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Now 'Show filtered' must show all files not visible by any condition, but maybe this is a regression bug |
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Added help page with filters descriptions (published on v1.3.1) |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-10 17:43 | fduser24 | New Issue | |
| 2012-02-10 17:43 | fduser24 | Status | new => assigned |
| 2012-02-10 17:43 | fduser24 | Assigned To | => admin |
| 2012-02-10 17:52 | fduser24 | Note Added: 0000082 | |
| 2012-02-10 17:54 | admin | Note Added: 0000083 | |
| 2012-02-10 17:56 | admin | Note Added: 0000084 | |
| 2012-02-26 09:10 | admin | Note Added: 0000089 | |
| 2013-04-13 10:56 | admin | Status | assigned => closed |
| 2013-04-13 10:56 | admin | Resolution | open => unable to reproduce |
