We Can Do Better Than SQL

Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL by unityByFreedom on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:37AM (#24119632)

There's no reason a diagram can't be in source control. You just need a tool that can convert the diagram to code and the code to a diagram. You probably also want to store the diagram's layout in textual form too so it can be converted back to the original human-created layout.

Then you can use git and optionally build custom tools like a visual diff of diagram v1 vs v2.

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Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL by tsimionescu on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:21AM (#24119996)

The diff tool is the key here. Without that, there is no meaningful version control.

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Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL by unityByFreedom on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:59AM (#24120293)

With a visual representation, diffing may be as easy as clicking next/previous between versions as you would images in an album. You could of course add more bells and whistles with highlighting.

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Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL by tsimionescu on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:23PM (#24125539)

Sorry, I should have been more specific. When I say diffing tool, I mean one that can do what diff does - help Git do automatic merges, and help me do manual merges when auto merge finds conflicts. Two pictures side by side can do neither.

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Re:We Can Do Better Than SQL by unityByFreedom on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @07:06PM (#24127008)

I don't see why it couldn't be built. Git merge doesn't always do all the work for you, you still need to evaluate the changes.

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