Baseline merge

[qwerty]

I wonder why nobody else had stomach ache with this one so far: When you compare a model to XMI and merge a single element EA starts the whole model compare from the beginning - which takes quite a while when comparing complete models. I simply ask: why? The result of the merge should be that the merged element is no longer different and can simply be removed from the list. This should take only a millisecond.

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[qwerty]

No response. So either it's me being too dumb to use this tool or nobody is using it. Neither is advantageous.

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[Geert Bellekens]

Sorry q.

I try to avoid merging in EA like the plague  

Geert

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Sorry q.

I try to avoid merging in EA like the plague  

Geert

But sometimes, like q, you still catch it...  

Paolo

[qwerty]

Not much feedback still. In another thread a user also mourns the usability of the baseline merge. The reason is obvious. The iuse case Sparx has designed this feature is simply incorrect. One basic fault is that each single merge restarts the comparison (which is simply not necessary). Another one is that the result of the comparison shall be correct and useful. Now it's almost correct after a couple of bug fixes. Only one bug is still open where identical  double tags are marked as difference. There is space for more improvement if filtering was possible. That is to allow ignoring differences in certain tags like creation date, author, diagram position etc. (and not by restarting the comparison but directly on the result set).

I think there is potential in the baseline merge.

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