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Changes to consider when updating the file format
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We don't get the chance to make breaking changes to the file format that often, so when we do get such a chance, we should fully utilise it. Therefore I thought it would be good to build a list together of things we would like to consider changing.
- Rename the
instrumentIdproperty tomusicXmlId, which is far more accurate (in the code it has already been renamed) - Maybe things necessary for "not-yet-fully-created" parts, see #15546 (comment)
- Maybe: write the main mscx file under a fixed filename inside the mscz. Would probably have prevented the two "peculiar cases" in #15739. Disadvantage: possibly less convenient for uncompressed folders.
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pedalLineStyletypo: #12133 - A similar list on MuseScore.org: https://musescore.org/en/node/296654
- https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/16369#issuecomment-1475124828
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