DiffPatch question

[Brian Milby]

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 at 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?
>
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