OpenAPITools / OpenAPITools/openapi-diff

Wrong changelog generated when having objects with same field name

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Description

Lets say that the old and the new OpenAPI schemas have classes Object1 and Object2, both of which have a field myField1 without changes in-between the openapi schemas. If Obejct1.myField1 has different description than Object2.myField1, that would be detected as a change and printed in the output diff file.

Also, can you add some kind of configuration that would prevent the library to print such non-breaking changes (i.e. changed description is not a breaking change) ?

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Reproduce the comparison with old and new OpenAPI schemas containing Object1.myField1 and Object2.myField1, where only their descriptions differ. Trace the changelog diff generation entry point and verify why the fields are matched across objects. Done means unchanged fields no longer produce a false change, with a defined configuration behavior for suppressing non-breaking description changes.

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Tech stack
java, openapi
Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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