Lorenz wrote:
> Peter McNab wrote:
>
>
>> Lorenz wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm merging multiple changes from trunc into a branch and want to diff
>>> a file in my working copy against the corresponding file in trunc.
>>>
>>> The methode I'm using in the moment is a bit laborious: I fire up the
>>> repo browser, copy the respective file from trunc@... into my working
>>> copy and do the diff. Afterwards I delete the tmp file again.
>>>
>>> Is there an easier way to do this?
>>>
>>> If not, I'd like to propose to add a "diff against ..." entry in the
>>> context menu of working copy files. It would open the repo browser to
>>> allow selection of the file and revision to compare to.
>>> That copies my momentary methode, but hides the handling of the
>>> temporary file from the user.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> If you have both files resident in WCs then any file diffing tool should
>> do the trick.
>>
>
> I know, and that is what I do in the moment, _but_ I only have _one_
> of the files in my working copy. The second on I have to go get it via
> repo browser, creating a temporary copy, and deleting it afterwards.
>
> The working copy is based on a branch, and I'm merging selected
> changes from trunc.
>
> To cross check I'd like to diff files from my working copy against the
> analogous file in trunc.
>
> >From the file context menu I can diff against base, and via the log
> against any previous revision of the file.
> What is not possible (as far as I can tell) without doing it by hand,
> is to diff a file in the working copy against a random file in the
> repository.
>
>
>
>> Alternatively, if you fire up the graph and follow the help on diffing
>> files you should be able to view them in TortoiseMerge.
>>
>
> Graph as in "revision graph"?
> Wouldn't that have the same restrictions as using the files log?
> At least finding the file in the graph would be a challenge 8-)
>
>
You can use the Repo browser instead of the revision graph, but only as
you stated, for files in the repo.
The only method at present that I know of is to checkout the unmodified
code to another folder, and diff against the files there. I do this as a
matter of course. I you are paranoid about modifying the wrong data set
then set the read-only property on the precious folder for safe keeping.
Sorry I cannot help further.
Peter
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Received on Tue Apr 18 16:59:32 2006