# Render changes of Ignition Project

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**Created:** [October 12, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/render-changes-of-ignition-project/97179 "2024-10-12T16:26:15Z")\
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No, Ignition's JSON is not diff-friendly, and is difficult to make diff-friendly. Related discussion:

> [@Json Diffing Discussion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/json-diffing-discussion/96800):
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> FWIW, I made a script recently that achieves this with JSON tag exports, and could be tweaked for many other cases (currently uses the "name" key for sorting lists of dictionaries). # Functions designed to be called via objectScript() in UI expressions. from java.io import File from java.lang import System, Throwable from java.util import TreeMap from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.util import Comparators logger = system.util.getLogger(system.util.getProjectName() + '.' + system.ref…

Hopefully better in v8.3.

You may need a git hook that orders your json before committing.

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