XF 1.5 Template comparision: is this normal?

[imthebest]

On template warning_info I have removed the following block:

        <xen:if is="{$canExpireWarning}">
            <form action="{xen:link warnings/expire, $warning}" method="post">
                <dl class="ctrlUnit">
                    <dt></dt>
                    <dd><ul>
                        <li><label><input type="radio" name="expire" value="now" checked="checked" /> {xen:phrase expire_now}</label></li>
                        <li><label><input type="radio" name="expire" value="future" id="ExpireWarningFuture_{$warning.warning_id}" class="Disabler" /> {xen:phrase expire_in_time}:</label>
                            <ul id="ExpireWarningFuture_{$warning.warning_id}_Disabler">
                                <li>
                                    <input type="text" size="5" name="expiry_length" value="1" class="textCtrl autoSize" />
                                    <select name="expiry_unit" class="textCtrl autoSize">
                                        <option value="hours">{xen:phrase hours}</option>
                                        <option value="days" selected="selected">{xen:phrase days}</option>
                                        <option value="weeks">{xen:phrase weeks}</option>
                                        <option value="months">{xen:phrase months}</option>
                                    </select>
                                </li>
                            </ul>
                        </li>
                    </ul></dd>
                </dl>
                <dl class="ctrlUnit submitUnit">
                    <dt></dt>
                    <dd>
                        <input type="submit" value="{xen:phrase update_warning}" class="button primary" />
                    </dd>
                </dl>

                <input type="hidden" name="_xfConfirm" value="1" />
                <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="{$redirect}" />
                <input type="hidden" name="_xfToken" value="{$visitor.csrf_token_page}" />
            </form>
        </xen:if>

However the template comparison feature says this:





Is this normal? If so, it ends being pretty confusing.

Thanks.

 

[Chris D]

Yeah this is normal. You get used to it when working with diff comparisons. There's no programmatical way to know exactly which part of the code you removed when there's a duplicate piece of code at the beginning and the end of said removal.

 

[imthebest]

You get used to it when working with diff comparisons.

You mean that there are tools that help you to determine where exactly you started to edit a template? Or you mean that this is a "design issue" of every template comparison system that soon or later I'll get used to?

Thanks.

 

[Chris D]

The latter - most if not all will likely show some discrepancy at times in this situation.

 

[Mike]

To put it another way: what you say you removed and what the diff reports as being removed are 100% equivalent. There's no way to know the action that was taken. The "path" taken is based on various technical reasons.