kdiff3: Merge does nothing

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kdiff3: Merge does nothing

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I'm often using the excellent Kdiff3 tool to check/sync/merge folders with files of all kinds.

[PROBLEM]
Recently, I wanted to merge 2 folders but the "simlate" listing was empty... :?
Also, when I performed the actual merge operation, affected files/folders were marked "Done" but nothing had changed.

[SOLUTION]
Merge is applied to to folder "B".

So make sure that you A (Base) and B folders are chosen correctly.
If they are the other way around, you can simply swap them:

[*]File > Open
[*]Push button: "Swap/Copy Names..."
[*]Select: "Swap A<->B"

Then rescan (if not done automatically), and re-assign the desired merge operations.
Now it should work :D
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