Automatic synchronization

[srjones67]

Can you give a better explanation of the new automatic synchronization
setting?

[Zenju]

It's similar to two-way sync in that both sides have the same level of
relevance (compared to mirroring, that models a master-slave relationship).
But where two-way sync works with criteria like older/newer, automatic mode
works with "changed/not changed". Therefore it is able to detect and
propagate deletions as well as conflicts (files changed on both sides). The
"cost" of this convenience is having database files within each base
sync-directories.
Thinking about it: it completely replaces two-way sync, so maybe I just remove
it.

[srjones67]

I understand now. That said though I would vote to keep the 2-way. When I ran
the same sync first as an automatic then a 2-way I saw the difference. The
automatic would have deleted a file that I would have wanted copied instead.
Again my vote is to keep the 2-way.

[Zenju]

> The automatic would have deleted a file that I
I assume you have deleted this file for testing purposes. In a real-world
scenario you usually want to have the deletion mirrored to the other side. If
a file is created on one side, it's still copied to the other side, just like
with automatic mode.