Compare two arbitrary versions

[simon-brooke]

Currently, you can compare any version of a file with the current version of that file; but you can't compare two arbitrary versions.

That should be possible.

[desolate-planet]

Seems to be another issue. If I edit a wiki page. The first entry is listed in the history, but when I view the old version, the page is blank

[desolate-planet]

If I proceed to add a second revision. The change made on the first revision becomes visible.

[simon-brooke]

H'mmm? That's not one I'm familiar with. Using this history, can you explain more clearly what you mean?

[desolate-planet]

So, if I edit the main page i.e add a new line and save the edit. When I go to the history section and click on the "What's changed since?" link the page shows nothing.

[simon-brooke]

Aye. So, when you start a new instance of Smeagol, the git repo doesn't get created until you save the first page - so it doesn't hold any history before then.

I don't see that as a bug - after all, most people won't want to keep any of the distribution content, they'll want their wiki to show their own material.

[desolate-planet]

Ok, cool. Just felt something was amiss when I edited the page, clicked save and the "what's changed" linked showed me a blank page. I would have thought the git repo would have been generated on the first edit. I'm still figuring out the code at the moment while working on my clojure stuff to get up to speed.

[simon-brooke]

@desolate-planet, do you want to take this one on? I've marked it for the 1.1 release, so it's not urgent; and it will need some thinking through, both on the user interface side and in the algorithm.