[Libreoffice] Flat ODF usage in Git [Was: concept for c++ based subsequenttests]

[Michael Stahl]

On 23/01/12 15:20, Niko Rönkkö wrote:
>> 	Only one query; I wonder whether we should be using the flat (fods)
>> file-type for these tests - so we can read meaningful diffs to them in
>> the git history.
> 
> +1 for this...
> .... and I also think that all ODF files in git repos should be in Flat
> ODFormat so that the Git can track them easily.

unfortunately this would have less benefits than you imagine, because of
the way xmloff writes automatic styles: they are generated anew on every
export, in a non-deterministic order, which results in huge spurious
diffs... (at least for Writer)