[TW5] Importing from TWC. Any way to see if a tiddler exists, to avoid overwriting existing ones?

[Matthew Petty]

I have some old TiddlyWiki classic files, and I want to import stuff from them. A lot of the tiddlers are already in my main TW5 file, but there are some that aren't. When I drag the TWC file onto the TW5 file, I get the Import list as usual. Is there any way to see if the tiddlers to be import already exist? I don't want to overwrite existing tiddlers.

Regards,
Matthew

[PMario]

On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 11:08:34 AM UTC+2, Matthew Petty wrote:

I have some old TiddlyWiki classic files, and I want to import stuff from them. A lot of the tiddlers are already in my main TW5 file, but there are some that aren't. When I drag the TWC file onto the TW5 file, I get the Import list as usual. Is there any way to see if the tiddlers to be import already exist? I don't want to overwrite existing tiddlers.

IMO there is no overwrite warning atm. I have a workaround workflow:

- Backup :)
- Create a new empty TW5
- Import your TWC ... Important: Select content tiddlers only.
- Import your TW5

So You will overwrite your _old_ content with the new tiddlers. ... This shouldn't be a problem :)

hope that helps ;)

have fun!
mario

[Matthew Petty]

Mario,

Clever idea, and it worked perfectly! I had 22 old TWC files scattered around the place, and even though I suspected they had all the same stuff in them, I wanted to make sure it was all brought into my main TW5.

So, I did the following, like you said:

1. Backup
2. Download empty TW5.1.8
3. Sort old TWCs by file modification date
4. Starting with the oldest, drag and drop each file into the TW5 and import the tiddlers. I saw your warning about only importing content tiddlers - it seems importing from TWC to TW5 only sees the content tiddlers anyway, so it was a quick job to scroll down each import page and check.
5. I had 22 files to import in all, including a couple of old TW5s. I was more careful with those, because the import showed the system and shadow tiddlers, plus some old detritus from plugins.
6. Now I have a nice new TW5.1.8 with all my old stuff!
7. Profit!
   

Thanks for the idea,

Matthew

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:54 PM, PMario <pmar...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 11:08:34 AM UTC+2, Matthew Petty wrote:

I have some old TiddlyWiki classic files, and I want to import stuff from them. A lot of the tiddlers are already in my main TW5 file, but there are some that aren't. When I drag the TWC file onto the TW5 file, I get the Import list as usual. Is there any way to see if the tiddlers to be import already exist? I don't want to overwrite existing tiddlers.

IMO there is no overwrite warning atm. I have a woraround workflow:

- Backup :)
- Create a new empty TW5
- Import your TWC ... Important: Select content tiddlers only.
- Import your TW5

So You will overwrite your _old_ content with the new tiddlers. ... This shouldn't be a problem :)

hope that helps ;)

have fun!
mario

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