Can you merge conflicted copies together?

[Joan P.12]

Is it possible to merge conflicted copies?

[Rich · Accepted solution]

No. You have to compare the conflicted copies and make any necessary changes yourself.

[Jay]

Correct, since Dropbox wouldn’t know what file had the right data for you (nor I guess, any other program aside from the human brain).

[Gordon R.]

When colleagues and I work on the same shared folder, one of the saved files is marked as a conflicted copy. How can I merge the files so that both (or more) files are meged and include the input of the other team members?

[Jane]

Hey Gordon (@Gordon R. ), kindly note I’ve moved your post under this discussion here, where this inquiry has been addressed previously. From there, you could have a look at this resource here, where the raison d'être of this functionality is explained in a bit more detail. Please do let me know if you have any follow-up questions & I’ll do my best to check back with you! 

[mcosta_]

Hola, 

nosotros también tenemos este problema y estoy intentando llegar a los suficientes votos para que Dropbox haga cambios ya con este tema, ayúdame con un voto más en este enlace del mismo foro de Dropbox y veremos a ver si así nos hacen caso.
Gracias 🙂

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[hellvijohan]

There is a concept called 3 way merge commonly used in source control systems. That is, you use the nearest common ancestor to detect what are changes from that version and usually treat them as "correct". In this way it is possible to do an automatic merge if not the same places of the file has been modified. This is of course easier to perform on text-based files like source code than on say images or videos. See for example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4129049/why-is-a-3-way-merge-advantageous-over-a-2-way-merge