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

rated 0 times [ 0] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1065 / 2 Years ago, thu, july 7, 2022, 5:35:35

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

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

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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answered 2 Years ago quivedge · Accepted Answer

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:

Install sshfs package by
```
sudo apt-get install sshfs
```

Create temporary mount-point for remote location

mkdir ~/sshfs

sshfs [email protected]:/home/user/Desktop ~/sshfs

Compare local folder with the remote using the same Meld version
```
meld ~/sshfs ~/Desktop
```
Do some synchronization.

Unmount remote location and optionally remove mountpoint
```
umount ~/sshfs

# rmdir ~/sshfs
```