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If you have a 3rd always on device on Syncthing i believe the outcome would be similiar to Dropbox, right? Conflicts are unavoidable if two hosts write in an i
by cidra_ 2y ago
If you have a 3rd always on device on Syncthing i believe the outcome would be similiar to Dropbox, right?
Conflicts are unavoidable if two hosts write in an interleaved manner and with unreliable internet connection. For example
Shopping List
- Eggs
- Bread
- Molk <---- Host 1 edits this into "Milk"
- Sugar
- Coffee <---- Host 2 adds this line
If these 2 changes occur at the same time, how would Dropbox merge them, having no knowledge of the semantics of the org document? There is a conflict and Dropbox may solve it in a "last writer wins" manner or by performing a merge by line like in git.
- tra3 2y agoI believe you're right, the key issue being out of order writes. With dropbox mostly being always online that has (almost?) never happened to me though.