How merge two directories?

Asked Mar 30 '22 at 16:02

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For example i have dirA, dirB - all with subdirectories. I want to merge dirA into dirB with "force" dirA. I tryied to use this

/usr/bin/rsync -avh --progress dirA dirB

But "force" dirA don't work. Need similarity git merge with force overwrite. And found this

cp -r dirA dirB

edited Mar 30 '22 at 16:32

asked Mar 30 '22 at 16:02

BasicUser

Welcome to SE. Your second command will create dirB/dirA. I don't believe this is what you want. Could you clarify what you mean by "force"? – Panki Mar 30 '22 at 16:52
If you just want to copy everything from dirA into dirB, overwriting common files, that would be cp -r dirA/* dirB/ – Panki Mar 30 '22 at 16:54
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@Panki they'd be better with cp -a dirA/. dirB/ (including that trailing dot in the source specification). Also see this answer elsewhere on U&L – Chris Davies Mar 30 '22 at 17:16
Please would you edit your question to explain what you mean by "Need similarity git merge with force overwrite" – Chris Davies Mar 30 '22 at 17:18
@Panki Thanks, I want logic like git merge, So that in a conflict, the dirA has an advantage – BasicUser Mar 30 '22 at 17:25
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BasicUser believe it or not I don't use git merge. Please explain in your question the feature that you want in terms of what it should do, not in terms of another command. – Chris Davies Mar 30 '22 at 20:17
@roaima Sorry language borders :). I want to scan two dirs with subdirs and check for changes, if same files, rewrite with newest. – BasicUser Mar 30 '22 at 20:50
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Third time of asking: Please EXPLAIN THIS IN YOUR QUESTION. Don't reply in the comments. – Chris Davies Mar 30 '22 at 22:25
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. – Community Apr 07 '22 at 12:51

How merge two directories?

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