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[TSVN] Re: Diff in Repo Browser does not work for moved files

From: Thomas Börkel <tbo_at_ap-ag.com>
Date: 2004-11-18 09:19:51 CET

HI!

"SteveKing" <steveking@gmx.ch> wrote in message
news:419B7BFB.2030705@gmx.ch...

> > When I try to diff 2 older revisions of a moved file (had to use "Get
all"
> > to show those revisions) in the Repro Browser, I get a PROPFIND error. I
> > think the reason for this is, that Tortoise tries to get the current
path in
> > the old revision and that's wrong, because in the old revision, the path
was
> > different.
> >
> > If I try exactly the same while starting in the working copy ("Show
Log",
> > "Get All", "Compare"), then it works OK.
> >
> > Is this a known problem?
>
> Yes, I knew that as soon as 1.1.0 came out. The thing is: Subversion
> does follow the history when doing an 'svn cat workingcopypath', but it
> doesn't when using 'svn cat url'. So by using the repobrowser, you
> 'lost' your connection to the working copy and TSVN then uses the URL's
> of the repository to do the work. And since only working copy paths
> really work with svn_client_cat() if they're moved...

So, this is a known bug (or feature?) of Subversion itself. Will they fix
it?

I the meantime, I saw this problem in WebSVN, too.

Thanks!

Thomas

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