Re: TortoiseSVN Diff/Patch creates files with mixed Unix and Win32 line endings when creating patch from pure unix files.

demerphq wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've discovered that when producing a unified diff of a file with unix
> line endings using Tortoise SVN produces files with mixed Win32/Unix
> line endings. The diff headers have Win32 line endings but the rest
> does not. This makes many unix patch(1) programs unhappy and renders
> the patch inexplicably unappliable and apparently corrupt. Running
> dos2unix on the file first removes the spurious win32 line endings.

Actually, it's Subversion that creates the patch. You get the same
result if you use the official Subversion command line client and do an:
svn diff . > patchfile.diff

To avoid such problems:
set the svn:eol-style property to whatever you need. I'd recommend 'native'.

Stefan

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