Automatically updating documentation
US11132193B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/71
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for updating documentation comprising: documenting a marked segment in a documentation object, the marked segment comprising at least part of a version of a source file managed by a file version control system (VCS), where the documentation object comprises a copy of the marked segment documented thereby; identifying in the VCS a new version of the source file, where the new version was added to the VCS after the version of the source file having the marked segment; performing an identification of when an updated segment in the new version, equivalent to the marked segment, is different from the marked segment; and in response to the identification: classifying the updated segment according to differences identified between the updated segment and the copy of the marked segment; and generating an updated documentation object by modifying the copy of the marked segment according to the classification and the identified differences.
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