leehaut opened a new pull request, #8173: URL: https://github.com/apache/hop/pull/8173
## Summary Opening a transform or action dialog and clicking OK without changing anything marks the pipeline or workflow as needing save. ## Changes - **Serialize empty strings like null** in `XmlMetadataUtil.serializeFieldValueToXml`. Blank string fields are omitted instead of written as empty tags, so `getXml().equals(...)` matches after OK-without-edits. Lists, arrays, `false`, and `0` are unchanged. - **Edit a working copy** in the pipeline and workflow GUI delegates. The dialog mutates the copy; the live object is replaced only when the persisted XML (or name) actually changed. - **Keep clones clean.** Copy factories apply the source dirty flag after setters. `TransformMeta.setRowDistribution()` no longer marks changed when the reference is unchanged (typical `null` → `null` during copy). -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
