version control questions

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1. the changes to each version is a duplicate right? so it is save for me to purge previous versions that i had during development?

2. say, if i have 5 versions of a page. is there a way for me to start from version 3, and do the required changes, and saved as version 6?

3. sort of similar question to #2, the situation i'm in is, i go to a page, edit, change version, exit edit - discard changes (if save, it'll go to the latest version again). up to this point is okay. now if i go back to edit mode, and exit with discarding changes, it'll also go back to the latest one.

again, if #2 is possible, #3 will be fixed as well

kutis
 
frz replied on at Permalink Reply
frz
#1) you can, but I personally tend to. You're talking about massive overhead here, and I generally take the idea that the less you mess with any data model - the happier it will be.

That being said, yeah delete the old ones. Particularly if you're going to be actively removing blocks & packages from your site as well.

#2) I suppose you could try to edit within the preview edit pane to create a new version from several ancestors without deleting the parents. We used to be able to do that kinda thing in earlier versions it's just a confusing UI at best.

I think I would just load to version 3, remove 4,5 make my change and let it be the new 4.

#3)have you tried previewing on exit in that scenario?
kutis replied on at Permalink Reply
kutis
#1) awesome

#2) not so awesome, but okay :D

#3) i just notice that scenario now, but my thought was if the client wants to edit the page that's running a previous version, s/he login, go to page, hit edit without thinking, then realise that the page is completely different, and thought, 'o sh*t, just exit without saving,' but the page has revert to the latest version.

that would be awesome if there is an approach to that, but for now, i think i'll make sure that all pages are running the latest version

thx again