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Re: [TSVN] Compare revisions from revision graph

From: Simon Large <slarge_at_slarge.plus.com>
Date: 2005-05-17 21:25:40 CEST

SteveKing wrote:
> Simon Large wrote:
>> I just found another possible bug. In most of my test repos I can't
>> get diffing to work at all. I keep getting error messages such as:
>>
>> "'/trunk' is not a working copy"
>>
>> This seems to happen when I diff a branch with a tag, or a tag with
>> trunk, although I think it is more complicated than that, haven't
>> pinned it down yet. It may be to do with renames. Are you using peg
>> revisions?
>
> Peg revisions only work if you compare two revisions of *the same*
> url. If you're comparing two different URL's, then there are no peg
> revisions at all.
> So: if you compare two different URL's on HEAD, it won't work if one
> or both URL's have been renamed between the revision you selected for
> comparing and HEAD.

OK. It is not just peg revisions that are causing the problem. Comparing
tag to trunk works fine in the unified diff, but gives that error
message when doing the visual compare revisions. I can't pin this one
down in a small test repository. I have a 2MB repo which I can send if
you like.

Simon

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