Re: --diff-cmd doesn't use -u per default

On 6/10/08, Jens Seidel <jensseidel_at_users.sf.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:10:58AM +0200, Jens Seidel wrote:
> > I noticed that I had to rewrite my little vimdiff wrapper for svn diff
> > again for 1.5.x. In the past -u was provided as first argument, now it
> > isn't.
>
> I also wonder why a temporary copy is provided to the diff command. This
> is probably required if the comparision is not against BASE.
> Nevertheless I like to edit the file in the diff viewer as well and have
> to parse option 2 or 4.

Because you need to de-translate keywords and line-endings in order to
get a clean diff between the working copy file and the base.

HTH,

Erik.

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Received on 2008-06-10 15:31:02 CEST