#4929 better diff links between revisions [ss524]
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2015-08-20
2012-09-13
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[forge:site-support:#524]
With the old browser you could browse in the tree to any single file and when you clicked on it you saw all the commits for that file. You could click on any commit and you had options to diff that commit with the previous.
Created [#5037] for viewing the commits for a single file/dir. Limiting this particular ticket to showing better diff links on the history pages.
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#5037Originally by: dcommander
I would add clarification that what the new viewer needs to do is what ViewVC used to do: that is, provide the ability to diff between any two arbitrary revisions of a file, not just consecutive revisions.
The diff view for individual files supports URL parameters specifying any arbitrary revisions (not just adjacent ones). For example https://sourceforge.net/p/blacknova/code/2463/tree/branches/original/docs/changes?diff=2461
However, we don't expose a UI to get there. We also don't have a way to view diffs of multiple files (which ViewVC doesn't do either, but would be nice someday).
(Note, SVN diff links have
?diff=<hash>:<rev>and<hash>:doesn't seem to be necessary - would be nice to remove that I think)So, for this I think we should add radio buttons on the history view of a single file (not for whole directories) to diff between revisions. It could look like wiki page's revision history UI (e.g. https://sourceforge.net/p/allura/wiki/Allura%20Wiki/history). However, I'd like it a bit better than that: http://viget.org/Front_Page/_history/> uses just a single column of checkboxes so you don't have to worry about picking a backwards comparison. It's simpler and I like that. The color coding that it does is nice - if that's easy to do, include it too. Then submitting to form should take you to the existing diff controller.
Originally by: dcommander
As an avid user of ViewVC, I would say that it's very important to minimize clicks in the new workflow, which is why I strongly recommend unifying this feature with the existing History page. When choosing revisions to diff, it's important to be able to see things like the commit date/time and log message. Please do not move this feature into a whole new page.
Yep, I was thinking the same thing -- add the checkboxes on the existing history view. You'll have to be drilled down to the history for an individual file though.
Originally by: dcommander
That's fine. That's the way ViewVC works.
Created #295: [#4929] better diff links between revisions (2cp)
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#4929Closed #295.
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