It doesn't look like adding/editing the description of a card causes any log to the activity history of a board. Is there a way to turn this on or to cause the logging to happen?
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They are logged in the JSON export of the card.
The current description under the desc key, and the previous revisions of the card are under the actions key, look for old -> desc.
Trello's (non-technical) instructions for recovering the description of a card that has been changed: http://help.trello.com/article/783-recovering-the-description-of-a-card-that-has-been-changed
Which, at the end-2019, basically says that there is currently no way to do this via web interface (apart from the already mentioned card export), but that it is possible via API:
- Get the card ID for the card. This is included in the URL of the card, after the /c/ - e.g.
hpAcP7ISis the card ID for https://trello.com/c/hpAcP7IS/814-multiple-log-in-credentials - Go to https://trello.com/1/cards/CARD_ID/actions?filter=updateCard:desc, replacing
CARD_IDwith the card ID you noted above - Look for
data.old.descfor the old descriptions
Note, one needs to have access to the card to get the change history.
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4Can you give a summary of what's at the link in case it goes dead sometime in the future, please?– jonscaJul 11, 2017 at 22:58
Editing the description of a card is not logged as a change in your activity/history, but editing the description of a board is.
You can use the Extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/trello-description-change/ with all Chrome-like Browsers. It lists all changes for every card an can also highlight the diffs.
I have unfortunately not found anything comparable for Firefox.
feature-ideas@trello.comto propose such a feature looks like a good idea !