Hi Julian,
$ svn diff -r1029227:1029240 subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/utils.h
The above command would work fine since the "full" target is given
explicitly and because of the *continuity of history*.
What if the file has been removed or renamed (which can occur often)..
In such cases, the normal "svn diff" shows the entire content as
deletion or addition, whereas with the "diff-copy-from" switch, the "svn
diff" would show a more granular output with only the injected
modifications(along with copy commit) that were done.
On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 11:09 +0000, Julian Foad wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-11-28, Prabhu Gnana Sundar Ponnarasu wrote:
> > [[[
> > Make svn diff to accept "--diff-copy-from" inorder to compare/diff
> > against the copy-source file.
>
> Hi Prabhu.
>
> I'm not clear about the precise change in behaviour that you are making.
> The current behaviour of "svn diff" seems to be to show the difference
> against the copy source in some cases, but not in other cases:
the cases where it does *not* work is listed below,
* where the file has been renamed or reinstated
* where we may *not* be explicitly giving the full target (but only upto
the root path).
The "diff-copy-from" switch bridges the gap in the history of the file.
To address this difference between diff behaviour,
* we can either make current default behaviour to give diff always as
'all adds and all deletes".
* Make diff-copy-from the default *implicit* behaviour by removing the
diff-copy-from option from my patch and retain rest.
>
> [[[
> $ svn log -vq -c1029240
> [...]
> A /subversion/trunk/subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/utils.h (from /subversion/trunk/subversion/tests/svn_test_utils.h:1029227)
>
> $ svn diff -r1029227:1029240 subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/utils.h
> Index: subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/svn_test_utils.h
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/svn_test_utils.h (.../svn_test_utils.h) (revision 1029227)
> +++ subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/svn_test_utils.h (.../libsvn_wc/utils.h) (revision 1029240)
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> -/* svn_test_utils.h --- test utilities
> +/* utils.h --- wc/client test utilities
> [...]
>
> $ svn diff -r1029227:1029240 subversion/tests/
> Index: subversion/tests/svn_test_utils.h
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/tests/svn_test_utils.h (revision 1029227)
> +++ subversion/tests/svn_test_utils.h (revision 1029240)
> @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
> -/* svn_test_utils.h --- test utilities
> [...]
> Index: subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/utils.h
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/utils.h (revision 0)
> +++ subversion/tests/libsvn_wc/utils.h (revision 1029240)
> @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
> +/* utils.h --- wc/client test utilities
> [...]
> ]]]
>
> The current doc strings do not appear to describe this. I think it is
> important that we clarify what the current behaviour is - in other
> words, what the new behaviour will be when --diff-copy-from is not
> present or when diff_copy_from = FALSE. Can you help by describing
> that?
>
By default the diff_copy_from is FALSE, so the absence of
--diff-copy-from would give the normal "svn diff".
See if the below explanation makes the intention clear...
$ vi file1
$ svn add file1
A file1
$ svn ci -m "added file1"
Adding file1
Transmitting file data .
Committed revision 1.
$ svn up
At revision 1.
$ svn rm file1
D file1
$ svn ci -m "removed file1"
Deleting file1
Committed revision 2.
$ svn cp file:///tmp/testrepo/file1_at_1 file2
A file2
$ svn ci -m "coped file1"
$ vi file2
$ svn ci -m "copied and modified file2"
Adding file2
Transmitting file data .
Committed revision 3.
$ svn up
At revision 3.
$ svn diff -c3
Index: file2
===================================================================
--- file2 (revision 0)
+++ file2 (revision 3)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
$ svn diff -c3 --diff-copy-from
Index: file2
===================================================================
--- file2 (revision 2)
+++ file2 (revision 3)
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
3
4
5
+6
+7
+8
> Do we have a way to request the opposite behaviour - to show a diff in
> which a copy is *never* diffed against its source? Is that what the
> "--show-copies-as-adds" option and show_copies_as_adds API flag does?
> If so, then the doc strings need to mention how these two relate: for
> example, are they mutually exclusive or does one override the other?
>
>
> [...]
> > Index: subversion/svn/main.c
> > ===================================================================
> > + {"diff-copy-from", opt_diff_copy_from, 0,
> > + N_("print copy history of files")},
>
Sure to change this :) Stefan too had a good suggestion...
Thanks and regards
Prabhu
Received on 2010-11-29 15:00:56 CET