# Project File Format Inconsistencies
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/project-file-format-inconsistencies/2725
**Category:** Bugs
**Created:** [December 1, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/project-file-format-inconsistencies/2725 "2006-12-01T06:32:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/project-file-format-inconsistencies/2725/1 "2006-12-01T06:32:29Z")
I don’t know if this is a bug-report, or more of a wish-list item, but here goes:
When you save a project as .fbp, it’s obviously an XML file. I’ve noticed an inconsistency with the format however. With an empty item, it sometimes leaves it blank, and sometimes inserts a new-line. For example:
Some times it saves like this:
(Property)(/Property)
And sometimes it does it like this:
(Property)
(/Property)
I check my FBP files into source control, and this inconsistency makes it a annoyance when I want to compare different revisions of a project file because it throws up a lot more “changes” than I’m interested in.
**EDIT:** Oops, looks like my tags got filtered. Changed angle bracket to round brackets
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/project-file-format-inconsistencies/2725/2 "2006-12-01T09:21:04Z")
Is this specific to a certain field or action? We did make some changes to this very recently (will get you the exact build number on Monday), that’s very likely to effect this.
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2006, 11:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/project-file-format-inconsistencies/2725/3 "2006-12-04T11:10:55Z")
I haven’t noticed anything specific like that, but I haven’t really looked either.
I’m using 4.2.0.305 if that means anything to you.
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/project-file-format-inconsistencies/2725/4 "2006-12-05T04:18:56Z")
ah, didn’t realise you’re on FB4.
Would it be possible for you to try the latest FB5 build and see if it’s still happening there?
[https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/500/FB500\_81.exe](https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/500/FB500_81.exe)
.t8