--diff-cmd arguments

        The svn command doesn't used the supplied diff-cmd as
provided, but appends " -u". This may be convenient for users who
want unified diffs from the normal /usr/bin/diff, but is
inappropriate when using something else, such as BBEdit's bbdiff
command or sdiff, both of which choke on the unsupported -u argument.

>pepper@g4:~/Sites/cvs/subversion/doc/book/book$ svn diff --diff-cmd
>bbdiff ch0?.xml > pepper-book-20041002.xml.diff
>bbdiff: -u: No such file or directory
>svn: 'bbdiff' returned 255
>
>pepper@g4:~/www/pepper/public_html/svn/subversion/doc/book/book$ svn
>diff --diff-cmd sdiff ch0?.xml
>Index: ch00.xml
>===================================================================
>sdiff: invalid option -- u
>sdiff: Try `sdiff --help' for more information.
>svn: 'sdiff' returned 2
>pepper@g4:~/www/pepper/public_html/svn/subversion/doc/book/book$ svn --version
>svn, version 1.0.8 (r11084)
> compiled Sep 25 2004, 00:19:29
>
>Copyright (C) 2000-2004 CollabNet.
>Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.tigris.org/
>This product includes software developed by CollabNet
>(http://www.Collab.Net/).
>
>The following repository access (RA) modules are available:
>
>* ra_dav : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV (DeltaV) protocol.
> - handles 'http' schema
> - handles 'https' schema
>* ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.
> - handles 'file' schema
>* ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol.
> - handles 'svn' schema
>
>pepper@g4:~/www/pepper/public_html/svn/subversion/doc/book/book$ uname -a
>Darwin g4.reppep.com 7.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.5.0: Thu Aug 5
>19:26:16 PDT 2004; root:xnu/xnu-517.7.21.obj~3/RELEASE_PPC Power
>Macintosh powerpc

        I was unsuccessful at finding the -u option in the svn
source, but did find mentions in the 1.0 & 1.1 online documentation
of an --extensions option, which doesn't appear to do anything in
1.0.8 on Mac OS X (built via fink) or FreeBSD 5.3BETA (built from
ports).

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/svnbook-1.0/ch03s05.html#ftn.id2707073
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/svnbook-1.1/ch03s05.html#ftn.id870677

>pepper@guest:~/public_html/svn/subversion/doc/book/book$ svn diff
>--diff-cmd /usr/bin/sdiff --extensions '' ch00.xml
>Index: ch00.xml
>===================================================================
>sdiff: invalid option -- u
>/usr/bin/sdiff: Try `/usr/bin/sdiff --help' for more information.
>svn: '/usr/bin/sdiff' returned 2
>pepper@guest:~/public_html/svn/subversion/doc/book/book$ svn diff
>--diff-cmd /usr/bin/sdiff --extensions '-w170' ch00.xml
>Index: ch00.xml
>===================================================================
>sdiff: invalid option -- L
>/usr/bin/sdiff: Try `/usr/bin/sdiff --help' for more information.
>svn: '/usr/bin/sdiff' returned 2
>pepper@guest:~/public_html/svn/subversion/doc/book/book$ svn --version
>svn, version 1.0.8 (r11084)
> compiled Sep 28 2004, 23:26:21
>
>Copyright (C) 2000-2004 CollabNet.
>Subversion is open source software, see http://subversion.tigris.org/
>This product includes software developed by CollabNet
>(http://www.Collab.Net/).
>
>The following repository access (RA) modules are available:
>
>* ra_dav : Module for accessing a repository via WebDAV (DeltaV) protocol.
> - handles 'http' schema
> - handles 'https' schema
>* ra_local : Module for accessing a repository on local disk.
> - handles 'file' schema
>* ra_svn : Module for accessing a repository using the svn network protocol.
> - handles 'svn' schema
>
>pepper@guest:~/public_html/svn/subversion/doc/book/book$ uname -a
>FreeBSD guest.reppep.com 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #7: Thu Sep 23
>02:49:36 EDT 2004
>root@guest.reppep.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REPPEP5 i386

        Am I smoking crack? Is --extensions broken? It's certainly
under-documented (nothing in svn help, nothing in the manual page,
just a footnote in the book). I will try to address the doc aspect a
bit, once I understand what's going on, but the source probably needs
more comments near appearances of "diff-cmd" too.

                                                Thanks,

                                                Chris Pepper

-- 
Chris Pepper:               <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>
Rockefeller University:     <http://www.rockefeller.edu/>
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