OpenTermsArchive/contrib-versions

Better diff viewer

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LVerneyPEReN commented

Hi,

I'm opening this one to discuss about possible alternative diff viewer (to Github's built-in), to improve the quality of diffs.

In particular, Github seems to have troubles with diffs within a line. See for instance 270a138?branch=270a1389a8fab67723c7b5a9f61efacc7ceb3734&diff=unified#diff-28600bbf50094536c29f48719962e1fdL124-R124 where the full line is shown as being modified, leaving it up to the reader to compute the actual diff.

Screenshot_2020-09-14 Update App Store Review Guidelines · ambanum CGUs-versions 270a138

On the other hand, a proper diff tool with word-diff capability (https://editor.mergely.com/?wl=1 here) is able to provide a much useful diff:

Screenshot_2020-09-14 Mergely - Diff online, merge documents

So this issue is here to discuss about possible alternative tools and the most easy to deploy ones.

Best

LVerneyPEReN commented

Gitlab seems to be slightly (emphasis on slightly :/) better here:

Screenshot_2020-09-14 Update test md (b0eae109) · Commits · Lucas Verney test

I've set up a mirror there for testing it. The diff linked above can be seen at https://gitlab.com/LucasVerneyDGE/CGUs-versions/-/commit/270a1389a8fab67723c7b5a9f61efacc7ceb3734?expanded=1.

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martinratinaud commented

I think Github has improved a lot its diff viewer and thus I close this issue