[Qgis-user] Project file format

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi Paul,

1) I use pg_services. I just change one link (to the desired 
pg_services.conf file) to change between prod and dev layers. I don't 
have to change the QGIS project.

2) To find/replace parts of any XML file, I use the old xmlstarlet 
command line tool. Using such tools, the order of the attributes is 
irrelevant.

Regards,

Jorge

[1] http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/doc/UG/xmlstarlet-ug.html

On 16/11/21 17:51, Paul Wittle wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I know people will probably ask “why?” in relation to this question 
> but I’ve got a Powershell script that I use to create copies of some 
> QGIS projects because I want to change the data source of a couple of 
> layers between dev and test. Rather than do this in QGIS it is done as 
> part of an automation hence using Powershell; I’ve had mixed results 
> trying to load the QGIS project standalone and so Powershell felt 
> simpler.
>
> Anyway; the issue I’m getting is that Powershell is adding a space 
> between the last />. So <title/> will become <title />. Is there a way 
> to set QGIS so that the project files are saved with the spaces?
>
> The other issue I’m getting is that the attributes in the elements 
> seem to be moving depending on who saves it. This is when using QGIS; 
> not Powershell.
>
> So I save the project using QGIS and I get:
>
> <qgis projectname=”” saveDateTime=”” saveUser=”” version=”” 
> saveUserFull=””>
>
> Someone else saves it on their device using QGIS and we get:
>
> <qgis projectname=”” saveUser=”” saveUserFull=”” version=”” 
> saveDateTime=””>
>
> Is this expected as I would have thought that QGIS would have kept 
> this consistent?
>
> The version is "3.16.0-Hannover" for all the users.
>
> The reason I’m asking is that the files are in source control and 
> given it is XML I would have expected it to be easy to identify what 
> someone changed but due to the issues above it tends to claim that 
> almost everything was changed. This is just because all the attributes 
> are reordered and the spaces are being added to the end of elements as 
> well. I can live with it but I thought I’d ask if there is a setting I 
> can use that will ensure that projects save consistently really?
>
> Any tips would be appreciated but if it is too technical a question 
> they my apologises.
>
> Paul
>
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