Here are two features that our editors have requested the most over the last few months:
See what’s changed before saving - sometimes they start editing and forget to hit save, when they come back a few days later they’d like to see what they’ve actually worked on before saving the changes. Now they have to hit save to see the diff.
Undo saved changes - some nice UI for git revert (their own changes)
Pretty sure there is a reason why these two features are not there yet. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this.
Hey Joachim, these are great feature requests that we are also excited about. This is the perfect place for feature requests.
Adding diffs to our save modal is something we are definitely hoping to add this year. We are planning to start with text only diffs and then onto something more interactive. Ideally we can present the diffs in a consistent format with our other interfaces. Going even further, we can hopefully provide visual diffs for Sites using the Visual Editor. By loading both the new and old versions of front matter we can show the page before and after the changes .
Undoing saved changes is a feature we plan to support, but it is a bit less obvious how we can offer it nicely. The issue with a direct Git revert is that some changes may be coupled with, or rely on, other code changes. Adding more integration between Git and CloudCannon is definitely part of our roadmap.
With the current Beta we are working hard to make building new features faster and more reliable. When we actively start working on these features we will let you know and share some early previews.
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