Merge tags / autotags
I'm finding that I have lots of near-duplicate autotags in my system. I would like to clean this up by merging similar autotags, but there's no easy way to do this. Ideal workflow would be something like:
Select two tags.
Click "Merge tags."
Optionally update tag title.
All rules from both tags now appear under the one remaining tag.
This is already available through the "Replace" feature in the auto tag editor. Just select the two auto tags you want to merge, write the name of the one that is not correct in the "Find" field, write the name of the correct one in the "Replace with" field and after you press ok button of the window a prompt should pop up asking you if you want to merge the two auto tags, just press ok and there will be a single auto tag with all the rules from both previous auto tags. Note that tags (and auto tags) have 3 properties that make them unique, the title, notes and the billable property. If you want to merge auto tags with same name where one is billable and one is not for example all you need to do is edit one of those to match the other and they will merge the same way as described earlier. If there is any additional features you would like to see please open a new ticket for feature requests.
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Bruno G.
commented
Note that for merging to happen, the name AND the Billable option must match.
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Alexander Boelen commented
This can easily be done by renaming the tags in the tag edit window. Ctrl-C the tag name you want to use, then select the tag with a 'wrong' name and click the rename button. Then Ctrl-V the 'right' name in place. MT will merge all tracked data for both tags in the 'right' tag.