I think I can do #1 although I haven't looked in the source code at all....
thanks for the response,
Greg
On November 12, 2002 11:46 am, Karl Fogel wrote:
> Greg Dickie <greg@max-t.com> writes:
> > Is there an easy way to get a graphical diff from svn diff (eg:
> > something like svn xdiff or a way to substitute which binary runs with
> > diff)?
>
> Not yet, but it would be an easy patch to write, once we've decided on
> the interface.
>
> Option #1 (simplest):
> Add a `--diff-program' option to svn. It specifies what program
> to run for diff. The program will always be passed two
> arguments, and additional options can be passed to it via `-x'
> as usual.
>
> Option #2 (a little more complex):
> First, implement option #1. Then also add a run-time config
> option that associates file regexps with diff commands. The
> default regexp is ".*", and it runs 'diff' of course. See
> http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=668 for
> a related issue.
>
> Option #3 (maybe this is going too far):
> First, implement option #2. Then create a new property,
> `svn:diff', whose value is a diff program to run and all the
> options, for example "xdiff -b". If the program can be found in
> PATH, it is used for that file. Otherwise, the default diff
> program is used.
>
> This is just off the top of my head, though I'm fairly sure that
> option #1 at least is a good idea. Would you have time to make a
> patch for that first?
>
> Thoughts, folks?,
> -K
>
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