> On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 11:19 -0500, Franz Weller wrote:
> > Using:
> > svn, version 1.6.5 (r38866)
> > compiled Sep 1 2009, 13:23:06
> > Windows XP SP2
> >
> > Ran this command:
> > "svn diff -c 8299 some_file.cpp"
> >
> > Output was:
> > "Index: ddi_lba_nand_media.cpp
> > ===================================================================
> > --- some_file.cpp (revision 8298)
> > +++ some_file.cpp (revision 8299)
> > (and subsequent difference details...)"
> >
> > Problem:
> > The predecessor's revision 8298 is wrong.
> > The actual predecessor is a different revision, "8278".
> >
> > Revision 8299 was created by merging from 8298 of a different URL into 8278,
> > using "svn merge -c 8298 URL_B ."
> >
> > Here it is pictorially:
> >
> > URL_A URL_B
> > r8278 r8298
> > | /
> > | /
> > | /
> > V V
> > r8299
> > URL_A
> >
> > The predecessor of 8299 is therefore 8278.
> >
> > Note that the difference details *are* correct. i.e. The difference
> > contents
> > do match the output of "svn diff -r 8278:8299 some_file.cpp". Only the
> > revision number seems to be incorrect in the output of "svn diff -c 8299".
>
> It is not incorrect. You are asking for the difference between
> some_file.cpp (at URL_A) in r8298 of the repository and some_file.cpp
> (at URL_A) in r8299 of the repository, and that is what it is showing
> you. Note that some_file.cpp (at URL_A) in r8298 is exactly the same as
> some_file.cpp (at URL_A) in r8278 because the file wasn't changed over
> that range of revision history.
>
> - Julian
As you stated, I asked subversion for the difference in URL_A. Note that r8298 is not in URL_A; it is in URL_B.
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Received on 2009-10-08 02:43:08 CEST