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Re: [TSVN] Re: Preserve file name for diff

From: SteveKing <steveking_at_gmx.ch>
Date: 2004-08-05 20:08:16 CEST

Predrag Stanar wrote:

> Err, no. I mean:
>
> 1. Right click on the trunk
> 2. Show log
> 3. In the three pane window, select any change in the top pane. In the bottom
> pane, right click on any file (lets say file.txt) and select "Show differences"
> 4. Tortoise creates two files in my temp directory (svn41A.tmp and svn41B.tmp in
> this case), and then invokes custom diff program (Beyond Compare in my case)
> with these two files as parameters.
>
> Note that in the process, the original .txt extension got converted to generic
> .tmp extension (don't care about file name at this point). So, if file I want to
> diff is .dll, or .jpg, or .c, or .java, or ... they all become .tmp when passed
> to the diff program. Beyond Compare (as some other diff programs) offer
> contextual diff's based on the "file type" (a.k.a. file extension). That is
> impossible if all files are of .tmp "type".
>
> I'm sure you are aware of all these facts, it just that we were not connecting
> in previous posts. My suggestions is that, in this example, file.txt for diff
> gets names of svn41A-file.txt and svn41B-file.txt instead of svn41A.tmp and
> svn41B.tmp. Or something similar, where file type (and maybe even original file
> name) is preserved.

Ok, I'll have a look at it. But I won't be able to change that this week
- maybe next week.

Stefan

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