Hist Diff

Apparently a rather new tool for comparison of old versions of a page; discovered in hyperlinks in the output from NewRecentChanges.

Example: http:histDiff.cgi?page=SandBoxs&old=5&new=6&ip=61.51.173.18&time=1102731939

Rather less usefully, http:histDiff.cgi?page=SandBoxs&ip=61.51.173.18

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History diff hack:

Compare any "older page version number" to any "newer page version number" (version numbers refer to versions in http://c2.com/wiki/history).

http://c2.com/cgi/histDiff.cgi?page=[X]&old=[Y]&new=[Z]

 X = name of page
 Y = older version number
 Z = newer version number

Example: http://c2.com/cgi/histDiff.cgi?page=NewRecentChanges&old=63&new=95

• (This breaks time, and by whom i.e.: Revision 88 made 37 years ago by)
  • Numbers can also be reversed: http://c2.com/cgi/histDiff.cgi?page=NewRecentChanges&old=95&new=63

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Q: HistDiff output seems to be eliding all numbers. Is this a bug?

A: Yes, this unlikely bug was fixed 2005/02/26.

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See also: HiddenFeatures, NewRecentChanges

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