Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Beyond Compare may be used to push files to a server.

  1. You will need to map a drive to the folder at a server where you wish to deploy to. (To do so, first share the folder by right-clicking on the folder and selecting "Properties." Next, navigate to the Sharing tab and click the "Share..." button. Finally, to map a drive, right-click on "My Computer" or the comparable desktop icon and select "Map network drive...")
  2. Open up Beyond Compare and select Folder Compare.
  3. Put the path to your local files in the empty dropdown list at the top left and the drive letter for the share, followed by a colon and a backslash, at the top right.
  4. Click the tan arrow at the right of the left drowndown list. This will allow you to see the files in both environments.
    • Blue files exist in one environment but not the other.
    • Red files exist in both environments but are more current where they are red.
  5. Right-click on files at the left and pick "Copy to Right" to deploy them. You should turn red items to neutral black in this manner.

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