[webkit-dev] code review tool changes

[Kenneth Russell]

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Ojan Vafai <ojan at chromium.org> wrote:
> There's been a slew of changes to the code review tool. It's probably a good
> time to send a summary now that I don't intend to add significant new
> features.
> -Side-by-side diffs: You can view the entire diff or individual files in
> side-by-side diff. If you change the entire diff, we'll store that in
> localstorage and load diffs in side-by-side by default.
> -Comments and diff navigation: n/p keys will navigate to the next/previous
> comment. j/k will navigate to the next/previous diff.
> -Draft comments persist: draft comments are now stored in localstorage, so
> they will persist across reloads, crashes, etc. Since it's in localstorage
> it's stored per-machine.*

Thank you for this in particular. Several times I've accidentally
navigated away from a review and lost work.

-Ken

> -Expand diff context: You can expand the lines above/below a diff to see
> more context.**
> Hope this works well for you all. Obviously, file bugs if something isn't
> working.
> Ojan
> * Taking the next step and storing them online for non-security bugs (e.g.
> in S3 or appengine) would be a simple and welcome addition if someone feels
> moved.
> ** This currently only works if the patch includes the svn revision it was
> created at (i.e. it was created with SVN) or applies cleanly to trunk.
> Including the SVN revision in git diffs shouldn't be too hard. Again, if you
> feel moved to fix this, ping me.
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