Bug 122721 - Missing Flat XML format for master odt document
Summary: Missing Flat XML format for master odt document
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: filter:fodt
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Blocks: Writer-Master-Doc ODF-Flat
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Reported: 2019-01-15 09:44 UTC by Tim
Modified: 2021-05-05 11:42 UTC (History)
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Description Tim 2019-01-15 09:44:41 UTC 
The master file as represented here:
https://help.libreoffice.org/Writer/Master_Documents_and_Subdocuments

cannot be saved in a flat XML form.
Comment 1 y+documentfoundation.org 2019-05-04 15:37:52 UTC 
Just here to confirm this bug. If you "Save as ...", the only file
types you can select from are:

- ODF Master Document (.odm)
- Text - Choose Encoding (Master Document) (.txt)
- ODF Master Document Template (.otm)

My LibreOffice Version: 6.1.5 (Debian version 1:6.1.5-3, but this bug
should not be Debian-specific).

The reason I would like to work with FODM files instead of ODM is for
versioning LibreOffice documents with git, as FODM/FODT are plain-text
files with human- and git-readable and -diffable linebreaks.
Comment 2 Dieter 2019-05-05 20:31:50 UTC 
(In reply to y+documentfoundation.org from comment #1)
> Just here to confirm this bug.

If you're able to confirm a bug, you are also allowed to change the status to NEW

=> status NEW, because of comment 1
Comment 3 y+documentfoundation.org 2019-05-06 17:00:26 UTC 
Thanks for the hint, didn't know that!