From f42482843e641980d9a0049b9058d9d5527eb18a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Bernard <59966492+mbtools@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:51:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ECTD: Fix diff after import based on sort order (#6494)

---
 .../zcl_abapgit_object_ecatt_super.clas.abap  | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/objects/zcl_abapgit_object_ecatt_super.clas.abap b/src/objects/zcl_abapgit_object_ecatt_super.clas.abap
index da8d68010..b614d8a94 100644
--- a/src/objects/zcl_abapgit_object_ecatt_super.clas.abap
+++ b/src/objects/zcl_abapgit_object_ecatt_super.clas.abap
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ CLASS zcl_abapgit_object_ecatt_super DEFINITION
         CHANGING
           ci_document TYPE REF TO if_ixml_document,
 
+      clear_element_collection
+        IMPORTING
+          iv_name     TYPE csequence
+        CHANGING
+          ci_document TYPE REF TO if_ixml_document,
+
       serialize_versions
         IMPORTING
           it_version_info TYPE etversinfo_tabtype
@@ -193,6 +199,30 @@ CLASS zcl_abapgit_object_ecatt_super IMPLEMENTATION.
     clear_element( EXPORTING iv_name     = |ETVAR_EXT|
                    CHANGING  ci_document = ci_document ).
 
+    " SORTLNR is part of ETPAR_VARI and causing diffs
+    " We can clear it since it's automatically filled during deserialize
+    clear_element_collection( EXPORTING iv_name     = |SORTLNR|
+                              CHANGING  ci_document = ci_document ).
+
+  ENDMETHOD.
+
+
+  METHOD clear_element_collection.
+
+    DATA:
+      lo_node_collection TYPE REF TO if_ixml_node_collection,
+      lo_node            TYPE REF TO if_ixml_node,
+      lv_index           TYPE i.
+
+    lo_node_collection = ci_document->get_elements_by_tag_name( iv_name ).
+
+    lv_index = 0.
+    WHILE lv_index < lo_node_collection->get_length( ).
+      lo_node = lo_node_collection->get_item( lv_index ).
+      lo_node->set_value( '' ).
+      lv_index = lv_index + 1.
+    ENDWHILE.
+
   ENDMETHOD.