N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 Reference Guide

The diff Element

The <diff> element is a child of the <component> element and contains a list of directives used by the difference engine when running comparisons on components derived from this component.

diff Child elements

Name 

How Many? 

Description 

ignore 

1 or more 

A directory path to ignore during comparison.  

diff Inheritance and Overriding

A derived component automatically inherits all difference ignore directives declared by the base component. It may also declare additional ignore directives in its own <diff> element. Inherited directives may not be removed.