Re: 'svn log --diff' foils log output parsers

C. Michael Pilato wrote on Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 15:15:08 -0400:
> We discussed in IRC some solutions:
>
> - spool the diff, count the lines in it, and provide that count in
> some fashion
> - indent the diff by a single column
> - wrap the whole diff in some start/end markers ("[[[" and "]]]", e.g.)
>
> Keep in mind that the diff itself might be provided by a third-party tool
> ('svn log --diff --diff-cmd /usr/bin/shoot myfoot", as danielsh so
> eloquently put it).

I mentioned that in response to a suggestion that ]]] might not be
a reliable end-delimiter for users of --diff-cmd.

I also suggested that whoever does such crazy things could append
     | sed "s/^/ /"
to their diff-cmd to solve the issue.
Received on 2011-06-23 21:23:27 CEST