[webkit-dev] code review tool changes

[Kenneth Russell]

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Kenneth Russell <kbr at google.com> wrote:
> 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.

I just temporarily lost Internet connectivity while uploading a
(large) review and when I came back to the review (same browser, etc.)
all of my comments were lost. Is this functionality expected to work
with Chrome 9 stable?

Thanks,

-Ken

> -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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