Re: 4 bugs in svn diff (IssueZilla gives me Internal Server Error)

Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net> writes:

> Eric, you misunderstand how 'svn diff' works. Sorry if 'svn help
> diff' didn't make things clear, it's hard to communicate the complex
> syntax of this subcommand.

So how do you diff branches? Because svn has no branches, it is
a necessity to be able to diff two paths, not just two revisions
of the same path (though that is of course also a necessity).

> diff' might need to authenticate as well. Should that command be
> writing cached auth data as well? It kind of ruins my vision of 'svn
> diff' as this pure, read-only operation. But I can see how it would
> get annoying.

No, it need only read the data. If you have a WC that requires
authentication, the checkout would have created the cache files.

> Are you *sure* your https password is already cached in .svn when it

Positive.

--
Eric Gillespie <*> epg@pretzelnet.org

Conformity is a sin.

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Received on Sun Apr 28 07:14:50 2002