Wiki source code of VersionControl
Version 9.3 by Sergiu Dumitriu on 2009/07/18
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| author | version | line-number | content |
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| 1 | 1 Version Control | ||
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| 3 | Any change made to a document is saved under Version Control. You can see the version of a document by looking at the bottom of the document. For example, on the following document the version is 5.4 and has last been modified by "Sergiu": | ||
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| 5 | {image:versioncontrol1.png} | ||
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| 7 | As the image shows, the document version consists of two numbers, separated by a dot: <tt><Major>.<Minor></tt>. The XWiki versioning system allows the distinction between major and minor edits. When [editing a page>Features.PageEditing], the user has the option to decide whether his edit brings major or minor changes to the document. Saving a major version will increase the first component and reset the second to "1", while a minor version will just increase the second component. | ||
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| 9 | Clicking on the "History" button when viewing a page displays all the versions that were previously saved: | ||
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| 11 | {image:versioncontrol2.png} | ||
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| 13 | Besides listing the document versions, the history page can be used to perform other actions as well: | ||
| 14 | - compare any two versions | ||
| 15 | - set an older version as the current version (restore); available only if the user has edit rights on the document | ||
| 16 | - delete a version completely from the history (useful for removing spam, for example); available only if the user has administration rights | ||
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| 18 | By default, minor edits do not appear in the document history. The option "Show minor edits" will list all the versions, including minor ones. | ||
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| 20 | Comparing 2 versions highlights the differences between them, grouped by what part of the document they affect: the content, metadata, attachments, comments, objects, class definition: | ||
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| 22 | {image:versioncontrol3.png} |
