Re: svn_client_diff_peg4() returns inverse diff

Daniel Rall wrote:
>
> On Jul 27, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Stefan Küng wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Calling svn_client_diff_peg4() returns the same diff even with
>> reversed revisions:
>>
>> svn_client_diff_peg4(.... r7(peg),
>> r7(start),
>> WC(end),....)
>> and
>> svn_client_diff_peg4(.... r7(peg),
>> WC(start),
>> r7(end),....)
>> return the exact same diff (always r7:WC, never WC:r7).
>>
>> Unfortunately, I can't provide a script to reproduce this, because the
>> CL client doesn't know WC or WORKING as a valid revision argument.
>>
>> This happens with the Subversion trunk r25805.
>
> Stefan, can you provide an example with the command-line using specific
> WORKING revisions? I tried the following (which exercises
> svn_client_diff_peg4), but was unable to reproduce -- switching the
> START and END revisions did reverse the diff output.
>
> svn di -r25820:25862 subversion/libsvn_client@25862

As I already mentioned, it's not possible to give an example with the
command line: it doesn't understand WC or WORKING as revision arguments.
The problem only occurs if one of the revisions to diff is 'working
copy', not a revision number.

Stefan

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