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diff --git a/files/couch-doc-diff b/files/couch-doc-diff index 5438eab..a5907d5 100644 --- a/files/couch-doc-diff +++ b/files/couch-doc-diff @@ -1,2 +1,17 @@ #!/bin/bash -diff -w <(curl -s --netrc-file /etc/couchdb/couchdb.netrc $1 ) <(echo $2) + +# Run a diff between a couch document specified as the first parameter +# and the second parameter. +# Diff returns 0 if there is no difference. This way you can tell the data +# is already on the couch. +# Both the couch document and the second paramter will be pretty printed +# before comparison so differences in spaces etc. do not matter. +# All keys starting with an underscore on the couch such as _id and _rev +# will be removed before the comparison - we assume we want to compare +# the real data, not the metadata about the document as we usually do not +# know or care about what the id and revision will be. + +curl -s --netrc-file /etc/couchdb/couchdb.netrc $1 \ + | python -mjson.tool \ + | grep -v '^\s*"_' \ + | diff -w - <(echo $2 | python -mjson.tool) |