replace way nodes from another way

[aharvey]

Sometimes you want to replace the nodes of a way, with the nodes of another way. ie. substitute the geometry of one way onto another way.

The utilsplugin2 offers a Replace Geometry feature but it doesn't work on two ways that already exist in the database.

I build a new plugin at ​https://gitlab.com/alantgeo/josm-replace-nodes but in my opinion it should be core functionality.

[skyper]

The contourmerge plugin should already support this action.

[aharvey]

The contourmerge plugin should already support this action.

Thanks, I hadn't tried it, but still I would like to see this in core, rather than a plugin.

[skyper]

New actions usually are introduced as part of a plugin and many like Replace Geometry, stay there for years if not forever.

Let's see if we can solve it in #24856 or at least find some reason why it is dangerous to offer this action.