If you want to efficiently store all changes to a file. This is what Git does.
The other advantage is that user C could also perform an edit to A. You could apply the AC diff on top of B to get a combined update. (Also what Git does) Thanks, Brian On Feb 17, 2020, 2:58 PM -0500, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, wrote: > Consider this scenario: > > I'm writing text A, and another team member has revised it in text B. > > I can get a list of changes from A to B with DiffCompare. Cool. > > Then with DiffPatch I can apply that diff listing to A to make it like > the revised B. > > What is the advantage of using DiffPatch over simply using the full text > of B? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
