[okfn-labs] Version Control for Data

[Ross Jones]

Yes, like that, but prettier :)  I think the example you have is fine in such a small change, but anything bigger will involve me having to scan through the two blocks of text to find the changes manually - jsondiff will show me *exactly* what has changed in a glance.  Maybe it's down to personal preference? Maybe I'm just lazy ;)

I've also got 3 (ish) bugs in your http response I want to fix (but can't, so, so frustrating). Do you have a specific address for bug reports (or tracker)  or shall I just mail  them to you directly?

Ross


On 28 Aug 2013, at 18:00, Marianne Bellotti <marianne.bellotti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Ross,
> 
> So, if I understand you correctly, you would prefer the specific changes highlighted more directly like this: http://tlrobinson.net/projects/javascript-fun/jsondiff/
> 
> I can definitely do that. We chose to highlight the whole object because I find it easier to read. Also to be honest, since the push to use data control with data is relatively new I'm not really sure what use case to optimize the experience for. Are people more likely to make little tweaks or massive remaps?
> 
> -Marianne
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Ross Jones <ross at servercode.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Marianne,
> 
> I'm very interested in how commits are presented for different formats, as you mentioned the cool blog posts on okfnlabs recently show how it can be done with CSV.   I have a question about the granularity of the diffs for json, in particular the one shown in the image you included in the blog post at https://exversion.com/img/versc5.png
> 
> Does all json data diff like that, or am I missing an understanding of what this JSON is (it's data right, not metadata)?
> 
> I'm wondering whether there might be a better representation for showing diffs in JSON files, but with the common data in the example shown I wonder if there is a way of showing changes to specifically within objects and lists.   Is the current 'show everything as changed' intentional or just a flaw of the diff algorithm?
> 
> Am I right in thinking exversion isn't open source?  I couldn't find a repo (with admittedly a rather short search).
> 
> Ross
> 
> 
> On 28 Aug 2013, at 17:01, Marianne Bellotti <marianne.bellotti at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Wanted to give you guys a quick update on what we've been working on at Exversion. We just rolled out our first set of version control features, which you can read about in detail here:
>> 
>> http://exversiondata.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/version-control-for-data/
>> 
>> I know that there are many projects approaching this problem hanging around here, so I've very interested in getting feedback on our approach.
>> 
>> -Marianne
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