Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Right now, when importing data into the local database, entries are not added if there is already a match by site name or URL. On the Export&Import page it clearly says: "An entry will not be imported if the history already contains an entry with the same name or URL."
As a result, I cannot merge data collected on different machines into one complete database. On my main machine I keep the primary database for further analysis, and it would be very useful to be able to enrich it with data from other devices instead of losing them due to name/URL duplication.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to have the option to not discard entries on import, but to add them to an already existing entry of the site in the local database. In other words, the check could go not only by name/URL, but also by the actual content. This way, duplicate entries would be avoided, but the database would still become complete.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I haven’t found any good alternatives so far. The only option is to manually merge databases or try to clean the data, but that’s inconvenient and error-prone.
Additional context
This is especially relevant for me because the cloud storage for some reason stopped saving entries from certain websites (that’s probably a separate issue, maybe related to the storage size limit). So I switched to local storage and ran into this merging problem.
Also, if it were possible to store and transfer all the data in one file, it would make migration between machines much easier.
And finally, thanks a lot for this great piece of software — the add-on is really useful!
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Right now, when importing data into the local database, entries are not added if there is already a match by site name or URL. On the Export&Import page it clearly says: "An entry will not be imported if the history already contains an entry with the same name or URL."
As a result, I cannot merge data collected on different machines into one complete database. On my main machine I keep the primary database for further analysis, and it would be very useful to be able to enrich it with data from other devices instead of losing them due to name/URL duplication.
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to have the option to not discard entries on import, but to add them to an already existing entry of the site in the local database. In other words, the check could go not only by name/URL, but also by the actual content. This way, duplicate entries would be avoided, but the database would still become complete.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I haven’t found any good alternatives so far. The only option is to manually merge databases or try to clean the data, but that’s inconvenient and error-prone.
Additional context
This is especially relevant for me because the cloud storage for some reason stopped saving entries from certain websites (that’s probably a separate issue, maybe related to the storage size limit). So I switched to local storage and ran into this merging problem.
Also, if it were possible to store and transfer all the data in one file, it would make migration between machines much easier.
And finally, thanks a lot for this great piece of software — the add-on is really useful!