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Which engine does Stack Overflow use to generate edit history? [duplicate]
What is the engine that Stack Overflow uses for the comparison of the two question versions? Below is an example from Math Stack Exchange:
I'd like to use a similar solution for my website, but ...
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Changing the order of items in an ordered list incorrectly shows additional list items in the inline diff view
I have an ordered list of 3 items below. However, I later realized that the item which I initially wrote as the first in the list is actually the least important and should be at the end, so I edited ...
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Revision histories of posts show headings being removed and re-added every single revision, even if they aren't changed
If a post has heading markup and has been edited, the revision histories' inline and side-by-side views seem to show them all changing on each and every edit, even though they aren't edited at all. (...
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Diff doesn't recognise properly the link order changes
This is the diff result (as part of the review process for suggested edits):
and so on.
I believe the only change was a new link and as result the ordering changed (where the order is usually re-...
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What does Stack Overflow use for its community wiki edits comparison feature?
I am referring to this feature:
Note how Stack Overflow shows which bits have been deleted, and which parts have been added (shown in red and green).
Basically, I was wondering if Stack Overflow used ...
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Asked to review instead of edit, but cannot because temporary review quota reached
I clicked Edit to edit a question (to add tags). I was told to instead review a pending edit for the question. But I had already reviewed the maximum number of edits for that category for now, so it ...
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See edit diff before it has been accepted
Are you able to see the revision diff (eg) for a question/answer you just edited?
I.e. It hasn't been accepted yet, so it mightn't appear in the actual revision history.
Is there a way to see the ...
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Suggested Edit has incorrect Diff
I suggested a change to this answer early this morning but when I looked at the diff (after being told it was rejected) my small change appeared to be much more drastic.
I wanted to change the line
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How can we see the diff view for edits to a post?
When someone edits my post, the edit summary helps but if I could see a diff view (similar to git) that'd be good. It would allow me to see exactly what was changed between revisions.
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Why does this suggested edit's character count not agree with the diff?
This suggested edit has “added 3408 characters in body”, yet the diff only shows 11 added characters. Why?
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How do I know what part of my question was edited by another user in Stack Overflow?
I have asked a question in Stack Overflow and another user edited it. But how do I know what all changes he made in my question?
I couldn't figure out his changes.
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Diff bug in suggested edits?
The rendered output diff seems to be having problems for this suggested edit:
https://stackoverflow.com/suggested-edits/4614
As far as I can tell from looking at the Markdown diff, the suggested ...
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View history of changes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does Editing work in Stack Overflow?
How do I view the changes made to a question, in the SO-style visual diff?
I'm sure I've seen this before, but the "history" button ...
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