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I use Syncthing to sync my KeepassXC db file between laptops and my android, always on a local network. For the most part I like it. I get a lot of conflicts though and I can't use ediff (or similar) because the file is encrypted. Curious if anyone has figured out how to fix conflicts with Keypass db files because I don't think Syncthing's conflict resolution can handle them very well.

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KeepassXC has built in db file merge support! It's hidden somewhere in the menus. I've never personally had to do something more complicated than "I added a new entry on two different devices before syncing" but it's worked well for me so far.

>It's hidden somewhere in the menus

File > Merge with database

I saved my database's password as an entry just to quickly merge it with the .sync-conflict version. It takes 2 seconds, and I don't worry about losing anything anymore. Works beautifully for me. KeePass could check for such conflicts (syncthing, dropbox or else) in the directory where the open database is stored and suggest to auto-merge.

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