private void MergeInNewFile(string olderFilePath, string newerFilePath, string outputPath)
{
XmlDocument newerDoc = new XmlDocument();
newerDoc.Load(newerFilePath);
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.NewLineOnAttributes = true; //ugly, but great for merging with revision control systems
settings.NewLineChars = "\r\n";
settings.Indent = true;
settings.IndentChars = "\t";
settings.CheckCharacters = false;
// nb: don't use XmlTextWriter.Create, that's broken. Ignores the indent setting
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(outputPath /*Console.Out*/, settings))
{
//For each entry in the new guy, read through the whole base file
XmlReaderSettings readerSettings = new XmlReaderSettings();
readerSettings.CheckCharacters = false; //without this, we die if we simply encounter a (properly escaped) other-wise illegal unicode character, e.g. 
readerSettings.IgnoreWhitespace = true; //if the reader returns whitespace, the writer ceases to format xml after that point
using (XmlReader olderReader = XmlReader.Create(olderFilePath, readerSettings))
{
//bool elementWasReplaced = false;
while (!olderReader.EOF)
{
ProcessOlderNode(olderReader, newerDoc, writer);
}
}
}
// After writing the updated file, ensure that it ends up sorted correctly.
LiftSorter.SortLiftFile(outputPath);
}
private void PutFilesInFixedOrder()
{
LiftSorter.SortLiftFile(_liftPathName);
LiftSorter.SortLiftRangesFile(Path.ChangeExtension(_liftPathName, "lift-ranges"));
}