keepassxreboot/keepassxc

Allow Copy/Paste of entries and groups between open databases

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#172 opened on Jan 19, 2017

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Description

  • #171 talks about the problem of a database getting out of sync

The usual workaround to this is to make another checkout of the database, open it, and then copy over the information.

Expected Behavior

  • It should be possible to copy an object (or tree) and paste it into another database

Current Behavior

Everything has to be done by hand

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Research direction
Study the internal data structures for entries and groups in KeePassXC. Implement clipboard serialization using MIME types to copy an entry or group object. When pasting into a different database, detect conflicts and handle merging or replacement. Test with multiple databases open.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktopsecurity
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