Yes, will definitely need to do a better job explaining how grouping works (and perhaps also fine-tune how it actually does work). Currently the time setting (e.g. the default 10 minutes) is the time threshold between successive edits for grouping edits together. Note that this only affects grouping while the table is loading, it does not update existing groups. The "Group" button groups the whole selection together, while the "Ungroup" button shatters the whole selection into individual atomic edits. It's a bit complicated and could definitely need some work still, but I feel something similar to this is needed to provide an easy default overview of edits but also allow users to fine-tune to view the exact diffs that they wish to see. Any further suggestions here would be more than welcome.
Ignoring certain filenames based on regexp is coming soon, probably already in 1.2.1, within a week or two. (This has been suggested by several users.)
With regards to diff viewers: I'm trying to offload diffs to existing software. Currently, all the supported diff viewers cost money, so am definitely looking into connecting with existing free apps as soon as possible. There is at least Apple's FileMerge (though it is cumbersome to obtain since it only comes as part of Xcode), other suggestions are welcome! I'll look into integrating Mergely as well.
Finally, will definitely be adding the ability to purchase the premium version outside of the Mac App Store. I'm not a big fan of the store myself. (I'm trying to combat some of the existing problems of the store by having separate web download versions that can read the App Store receipt. This helps for instance if the user would like to install the latest update without waiting for App Store review to go through.) Will need to look into (Home)brew as well.
To whoever stumbles upon this thread: version 1.2.1 is now out (now live at revisionsapp.com and mac app store version in review) and introduces the following two main new features
- Ignoring certain files and folders based on regular expression match (note: premium-only feature)
- Ability to launch any diff app (including Apple FileMerge), by calling a custom AppleScript script (this also gets around the restrictions imposed by the app sandbox). Sample script for FileMerge provided.
Correcting my earlier post, actually TextWrangler (one of the natively supported diff apps) is free of charge, and now with the custom diff script users can connect to other free diff apps as well (such as FileMerge).
Will soon be adding the possibility to purchase Premium functionality outside the Mac App Store, probably within a week or so.
Yes, will definitely need to do a better job explaining how grouping works (and perhaps also fine-tune how it actually does work). Currently the time setting (e.g. the default 10 minutes) is the time threshold between successive edits for grouping edits together. Note that this only affects grouping while the table is loading, it does not update existing groups. The "Group" button groups the whole selection together, while the "Ungroup" button shatters the whole selection into individual atomic edits. It's a bit complicated and could definitely need some work still, but I feel something similar to this is needed to provide an easy default overview of edits but also allow users to fine-tune to view the exact diffs that they wish to see. Any further suggestions here would be more than welcome.
Ignoring certain filenames based on regexp is coming soon, probably already in 1.2.1, within a week or two. (This has been suggested by several users.)
With regards to diff viewers: I'm trying to offload diffs to existing software. Currently, all the supported diff viewers cost money, so am definitely looking into connecting with existing free apps as soon as possible. There is at least Apple's FileMerge (though it is cumbersome to obtain since it only comes as part of Xcode), other suggestions are welcome! I'll look into integrating Mergely as well.
Finally, will definitely be adding the ability to purchase the premium version outside of the Mac App Store. I'm not a big fan of the store myself. (I'm trying to combat some of the existing problems of the store by having separate web download versions that can read the App Store receipt. This helps for instance if the user would like to install the latest update without waiting for App Store review to go through.) Will need to look into (Home)brew as well.