Version Control is now available in PasteDB 🚀
I've added a Version Control feature to PasteDB that makes it easier to keep track of changes made to a paste.
Instead of losing the previous content whenever you update a paste, PasteDB can now keep previous versions so you can look back at how your paste changed over time.
How it works
- Each saved change can create a new version.
- PasteDB stores up to 10 versions for a paste.
- Versions are kept in chronological order.
- When you try to save an 11th version, the oldest version is automatically deleted.
- This keeps the version history limited to the latest 10 versions.
For example:
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
...
Version 10
After creating Version 11:
Version 2
Version 3
Version 4
...
Version 11
So the history always contains the 10 most recent versions.
Why I added it
Sometimes you make a change to a paste and later realize that an earlier version was better.
Version Control gives you a way to keep those previous states without having to manually save copies of the paste.
I'm also working on more features around PasteDB's editing and collaboration capabilities, so version history is becoming an important part of the project.
What do you think would be useful to add next to version control?
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Top comments (3)
the rolling limit keeps storage predictable and the feature is easy to understand. i would add a restore action that creates a new version instead of deleting the current one, plus a small diff view and a timestamp for each change. if more than one device can edit a paste, an optimistic version check could warn about stale content before save. these details would make recovery safer.
Yep, the timestamp system is working now! Each version now shows when it was created. Thanks for the suggestion! 🚀
I m currently working on Collaboration
So I have no time for improving version history feature
Once I complete Collaboration then I improve version history to a next level
Do you try to make a guest paste?
Any problems or bugs, report here or from the contact page...
For more features like editing the paste or managing pastes, you can signin and make pastes
It will give you ownership of pastes but in guest paste
No ownership
Happy to talk anytime!
Can I know what you are making?