With VS2008 + ASP.NET, is there a way to perform a clever “Publish”?

Question

By clever, I mean NOT TO upload once again the files that has been already uploaded (with the same dates, size or checksum...). It would be great, because the Publish method takes a lot of time!

Answer 1

If you are using the "Replace matching files with local copies" option then the FTP Publish function in VS should only upload files that are different to the server copy.

In other words, VS08 should already be 'clever' publishing your site.