RE: [Issue 1019] Changed - don't run diff on binary files

> From: Philip Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:50 PM

> "Sander Striker" <striker@apache.org> writes:
>
>> *grunt*, WC - WC, URL - WC, WC - URL, URL - URL, can we even get
>> svn_wc_adm_access_t's for all of those cases?
>
> For URL-URL no. It's not the right solution anyway, as it only
> accounts for the mime type of the working copy.

I figured as much.

> The other files may have different mime types.

*nod*

> When I considered fixing it I planned to change the callback signatures
> to pass in the relevant mime types,

Woot! That would be great because it fits the diff provider path
aswell. I was hoping for a quick fix in the mean time. You know, something
that prevents our text diff from running on binaries and producing output
that may mess up your terminal.

> the diff drivers are really the only place that can get them. I never got
> round to implementing it.

If only we could leech some time away from people who don't need it...

Sander

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Received on Tue Mar 4 20:57:41 2003