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  • blackhawk 313 posts 1368 karma points
    Jan 31, 2018 @ 20:24
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    Recommended way of comparing two Umbraco instances

    I have 2 identical Umbraco versions stood up in my localhost environment. Instance A and Instance B. I have made multiple modifications to Instance A, while Instance B is still in vanilla condition. What would be a good tool or practice for comparing (read only) file changes between both instances? (i.e. what files were created, what folders were created, what files were modified)

    I feel I'm pretty knowledgeable with Visual Studio 2017, but I am not sure how to do this comparison process.

    Thanks for any tips!

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6182 posts 24284 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Jan 31, 2018 @ 20:27
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    Hi Blackhawk

    As for me the easiest way to do it - use Git

    Just compare the changes that you made in source control tool

    Alex

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  • blackhawk 313 posts 1368 karma points
    Jan 31, 2018 @ 20:29
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    If I go down that road, can I compare changes locally (offline) between the 2 instances, or do i need to push both Umbraco instances to a remote repository? What have Umbraco developers done in this situation?

    Thanks for any direction in this specific request.

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6182 posts 24284 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Jan 31, 2018 @ 20:31
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    Why do you want to compare 2 Umbraco instances?

    Usually, I'm using Git from the start, so all my changes are tracked by Git

    Alex

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  • blackhawk 313 posts 1368 karma points
    Jan 31, 2018 @ 20:32
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    because I am trying to apply all changes I made in Instance A, into Instance B. I want a clean way of seeing what needs to be carried over.

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  • Alex Skrypnyk 6182 posts 24284 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    Jan 31, 2018 @ 20:34
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    You can do it like that

    1. You have 2 Umbraco instances with the same code, both instances are in Git repos

    2. You made changes to A, look what did you change with Git and copy these changes to B

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