minor refactoring

course_discovery/static/js/publisher/comparing-objects.js

@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ $(document).on('click', '.btn-show-changes', function (e) {
     }
 });
 
-var dmp =new diff_match_patch();
-    function showDiff($object, $historyObject, $outputDiv) {
-      var d = dmp.diff_main($object.text(), $historyObject.text());
-      $outputDiv.html(dmp.diff_prettyHtml(d));
-        $object.hide();
-    }
+var dmp = new diff_match_patch();
+function showDiff($object, $historyObject, $outputDiv) {
+    var d = dmp.diff_main($.trim($object.text()), $.trim($historyObject.text()));
+    $outputDiv.html(dmp.diff_prettyHtml(d));
+    $object.hide();
+    $outputDiv.show();
+}
 
 

course_discovery/templates/publisher/course_revision_history.html

 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load staticfiles %}
+{% load compress %}
 {% block title %}
   {% trans "Revision History" %}
 {% endblock title %}