On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Konstantin Kolinko
<knst.kolinko_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/1/7 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
>> David Glasser wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Stefan Kueng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> David Ellingsworth wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Daniel Shahaf wrote:
>>>>>>> David Ellingsworth wrote on Tue, 6 Jan 2009 at 19:57 -0500:
>>>>>>>> While using TortoiseSVN 1.5.6 build 14908, I encountered an error
>>>>>>>> while trying to apply a patch with TortoiseMerge that was previously
>>>>>>>> created using TortoiseSVN's "Create Patch" feature. While I was unable
>>>>>>>> to apply the patch with TortoiseMerge, I did succeed while using the
>>>>>>>> standard patch command, but not without any fuzz.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The reply to the issue I posted on TortioseSVN"s user mailing list
>>>>>>>> indicates this is an error in svn's core since the patch generated is
>>>>>>>> equivalent to "svn diff file > patchfile". I have verified this using
>>>>>>>> svn client 1.5.1 and 1.5.5.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Attached are some files I created which are capable of reliably
>>>>>>>> reproducing the problem. The files are as follows: the original
>>>>>>>> file(test.txt), the updated file(test_v2.txt), and the associated
>>>>>>>> patch file generated from svn diff(test.patch).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What *exactly* should we do with these three files to reproduce the error?
>>>>>>> (If you can package the answer in script (or transcript) form, that's
>>>>>>> best.) I tried
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> svn add wc1\trunk\test.txt
>>>>>>> svn commit wc1 -m "add"
>>>>>>> rm -f wc1\trunk\test.txt
>>>>>>> cp wc1\trunk\test_v2.txt wc1\trunk\test.txt
>>>>>>> svn diff wc1 > out
>>>>>>> vim -Nu NONE -c "%s/\r//" -c "wq ++ff=dos" out
>>>>>>> svn revert wc1\trunk\test.txt
>>>>>>> patch -d wc1\trunk < out
>>>>>>> diff -u wc1\trunk\test*.txt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but it didn't cause any error message, and the 'diff -u' at the end also
>>>>>>> found no differences (the expected result). Results are the same with
>>>>>>> both 1.5 and trunk.
>>>>>> Try
>>>>>>
>>>>>> svn add wc1\trunk\test.txt
>>>>>> svn commit wc1 -m "add"
>>>>>> cp test_v2.txt wc1\trunk\test.txt
>>>>>> svn diff wc1 > out
>>>>>> svn revert wc1\trunk\test.txt
>>>>>> patch -d wc1\trunk < out
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Stefan
>>>>>>
>>>>> Output is as follows, I don't have a trunk directory so it's been excluded:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ svn add wc1\test.txt
>>>>> A wc1\test.txt
>>>>>
>>>>> $ svn commit wc1 -m "add"
>>>>> Adding wc1\test.txt
>>>>> Transmitting file data .
>>>>> Committed revision 1.
>>>>>
>>>>> $ cp test_v2.txt wc1\test.txt
>>>>>
>>>>> $ svn diff wc1 > out
>>>>>
>>>>> $ svn revert wc1\test.txt
>>>>> Reverted 'wc1\test.txt'
>>>>>
>>>>> $ patch -d wc1 < out
>>>>> patching file 'test.txt'
>>>>> Hunk #2 succeeded at 7 (offset 2 lines)
>>>> sure, the patch can be applied, but not cleanly - 'offset 2 lines'.
>>>> The patch should be applied cleanly, without any offset.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't found any clear docs on how a patch file really is defined,
>>>> but from what I think is wrong:
>>>>
>>>> The chunk info line
>>>> @@ -2,9 +5,9 @@
>>>> is wrong. AFAIK the first number (-2) is the line number where removing
>>>> starts, the second one the number of lines to remove (including context
>>>> lines), the third one (5) the line number where adding starts and the
>>>> fourth (9) the number of lines to add (also including context lines).
>>>>
>>>> Now, in 1.4.x, the diff would have the start line numbers adjusted. The
>>>> first chunk is always correct, but now (>= 1.5.x) the line numbers are
>>>> always in reference to the original file. Before those lines were
>>>> adjusted: if a chunk before added lines or removed lines, the 'start'
>>>> lines of the following chunks would take that into account.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if (and where) the patch file format is documented?
>>>> Because I may be completely wrong here - I've implemented the patch
>>>> functionality in TortoiseMerge completely by reverse engineering the
>>>> format...
>>>
>>> I get the same patch with 1.4.x and ~trunk (with that line), FWIW.
>>> You get something different with 1.4.x?
>>
>> hmm - no. I also get the same patch with 1.4.x and even 1.3.x.
>>
>> Problem still is: the original 'patch' tool can't apply that patch
>> cleanly without doing 'fuzzy' work. Which means the patch is not correct?
>>
>> If there was a documentation on how a patch has to be created and how
>> those chunk infos are supposed to work, it would be easier...
>>
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>
> Here is the specification:
> It is POSIX.1-2008 (The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7)
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/diff.html
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/patch.html
>
> Note: The entrance is here:
> http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/c082.htm
> They ask for your name and assign you a cookie.
>
> The previous Issue 6 is freely accessible here, though it does not yet
> specify the -u format:
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/diff.html
>
> Best regards,
> Konstantin Kolinko
>
I haven't heard much about this issue since I submitted it. Is a fix
planned for this or is there a work around I can use in the mean time?
Regards,
David Ellingsworth
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