Re: Want to create a patch utility

Girish Balakrishnan wrote:

> Is it possible to write a program that can take svn diff as a
> file(a patch file) and then apply it to the local working copy. The
> svn merge should be doing the same right? Creating a diff from the
> URLs and then applying it to the local working copy.

I don't understand; `svn diff` produces a unified diff file which the
standard patch program understands just fine (modulo renames I believe).
  Are you not trusting merge and wanting to check up on it? Could you
be more specific about what you are trying to accomplish?

John

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