[Subclipse-users] Re: Text compare does not work properly for linked resources

Mark Phippard schreef:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Hendrik Maryns
> <qwizv9b02_at_sneakemail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think this time it's a bug in Subclipse:
>> I have a link to a pdf file, but only the link under vc. I changed a
>> property from the link (non-executable) (but any other change to the
>> file will do). Now in the synchronize view, the file is marked with
>> outgoing changes and if I click on it, I get a compare view with binary
>> garbage on the left and 'link /path/to/file' on the right.
>>
>> Committing works fine, though: the link is preserved.
>
> There is no possible way to do a valid compare here. All SVN stores
> in the repos is link /path/to/file.

Indeed. Well it would make some sense to compare the files containing
the link information, this is what the command line does:

> svn diff
Index: kruisend-tiger.pdf
===================================================================
--- kruisend-tiger.pdf (revision 423)
+++ kruisend-tiger.pdf (working copy)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-link TI/src/kruisend-tiger.pdf
\ No newline at end of file
+link ../../Oberseminar TI/src/kruisend-tiger.pdf
\ No newline at end of file

But that’s only useful if the link has changed, not if the file has changed!

> Perhaps we should look for the
> svn:special property and not allow you to take the option. You can
> file an issue

Will do: http://subclipse.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=795

> or submit a patch for that.

Hm, I’m afraid my hacking skills do not suffice for that yet. But most
of all my knowledge of the Subclipse code.

H.

-- 
Hendrik Maryns
http://tcl.sfs.uni-tuebingen.de/~hendrik/
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