Change log?

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

When I get a mod from somewhere, I run a compare utility against what I already have installed at my site and proceed accordingly. I understand both sides. Some of us are very involved in several sites and don't always have the time to do 'change' logs. I publish change logs if it is my original stuff, but if you have a heavily hacked site then a change log on a module that you've already hacked isn't going to help you much, because I may or may not have hacked the original mod. It could get really crazy and cumbersome.

I recommend just running your own change/compare/diff utility against either the original or your current copy and go from there.

Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 8:54 pm

I use Textpad as my editor and it provides one. I also just read about a windoz one called windiff (I think) and it's free from MS. Of course on linux you can use the diff command. HTH

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 4:55 am

Now how can I resist this Embarassed

? I'll see what I can do Wink

To answer your question about the right blocks, I prefer that. I use 1280x1024 so I used $index=1 in the admin.php file. Just change it back to $index=0 or delete it altogether.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 10:09 am

Another compare/diff is CSDiff, and it is free!!!!!!!(for non-commerial use)

Hangin' Around Joined: May 05, 2003 Posts: 34

Well, I was hoping for the authors to actually post the changes they've made to the file. After even a year, with upgrades from 5.5, to 60, to 6.5 in all its beta forms, and all the mods and personal changes, there are quite a few changes to my base files. Using a compare utility it's almost impossible to see what was removed because of some other utility or the new mod I am trying to implement.

Right now, between Event Calendar, NSN Groups, and a few others, my admin.php and module.php files have about 25 changes to them each...some are rather obvious as to what module they belong to, whereas others after all this time I have no clue. Embarassed

I use DiffDoc for my changes...but it still is a bit cumbersome to figure out some of the changes, hehehe.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 7:59 pm

OK! I will take responsibility for my little corner of this nuked world Laughing

. I will try to get a change log out within the next 2 weeks or so.. Sorry, but I've got vacation on the horizon and I am pretty swamped right now, but I will.

Thanks for all the GREAT feedback!

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 8:02 pm

Hehehe, thanx Gaylen!

A few other authors are also doing the same...and it's really appreciated by those of us who are code-deficient Wink

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 5:52 am

I use a utility called, co-incidentally 'Compare It' - free to and works like a charm!
For editing, I use Crimson Editor - another freebie!

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 7:43 am

Thanks for the reminder! I have been using Compare-It for several years. I don't know why I didn't mention it! Senior moment I guess Bang Head