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N0rbert avatar Ubuntu

Modern versions of Meld can't compare local folder with remote folder (in /run/user/1000/gvfs/) - can we fix it?

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When I use Meld 3.20.4-1 on Ubuntu MATE 21.10 I can't compare local and remote folders using below steps:

  1. Connect to some share with Caja - press Ctrl+L, enter sftp://user@hostname.local in the address-bar to get the folder mounted to /run/user/1000/gvfs/sftp:host=hostname.local,user=user/

  2. Open terminal and run Meld from it to compare folder pair:

    meld /run/user/1000/gvfs/sftp:host=hostname.local,user=user/home/user/Desktop ~/Desktop

As the result I get

$ meld /run/user/1000/gvfs/sftp:host=hostname.local,user=user/home/user/Desktop ~/Desktop
Usage:
 meld Start with an empty window
 meld <file|folder> Start a version control comparison
 meld <file> <file> [<file>] Start a 2- or 3-way file comparison
 meld <folder> <folder> [<folder>] Start a 2- or 3-way folder comparison

Error: remote folder “/run/user/1000/gvfs/sftp:host=hostname.local,user=user/home/user/Desktop” not supported

Can we do something with this problem on user-level?

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N0rbert avatar Ubuntu
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N0rbert

Really such comparison is broken since 20.04 LTS, so we need to wait for the fix upstream.

Temporary workaround is to use SSHFS as follows:

  1. Install sshfs package by

    sudo apt-get install sshfs

  2. Create temporary mount-point for remote location

    mkdir ~/sshfs
sshfs user@hostname.local:/home/user/Desktop ~/sshfs

  3. Compare local folder with the remote using the same Meld version

    meld ~/sshfs ~/Desktop

    Do some synchronization.

  4. Unmount remote location and optionally remove mountpoint

    umount ~/sshfs
# rmdir ~/sshfs
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