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Re: "compare with working copy" shows error "... Unknown Line Type ..." on unicode file

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:45:02 +0200

Roee oz wrote:
> Hello Subversion Users.
>
>
>
> I’m having a problem trying to use "compare with working copy" from the
> log view.
>
> The problem occurs when there is a diff in a Unicode file (namely a .cs
> class which has Hebrew strings and so is saved as Unicode by visual studio).
>
> If the diff doesn’t include this file, it shows OK.

That's because the "compare with working copy" feature first creates a
unified diff with the svn diff library. But that library only knows UTF8
and ASCII texts, not UTF-16 texts. Text which are in UTF-16 are treated
as binary and they don't produce a unified diff at all.
That's why such files don't show up.

Stefan

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