Re: Comparing a file in two branches

2008/6/25 ThePants999 <chris.paterson_at_metaswitch.com>:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm new to SVN and have downloaded TortoiseSVN 1.5.0. I have a n00b question
> - apologies if it's obvious! How can I compare different branches of the
> same file, e.g. see what differences there are between
> trunk/some/random/file and branches/my_branch/some/random/file? The best
> I've found is to use the repo browser to navigate to trunk/some/random and
> mark it for comparison, then navigate to branches/my_branch/some/random and
> compare the directories, see whether the file is in the list of changed
> files at all, and then select it if it is. That's barely usable, so I'm sure
> I'm missing something! We're trying to migrate from PVCS, where you would
> simply navigate to the file and then select the two revisions.

Hold down the shift key when getting the explorer right-click context
menu, and you should see Diff-with-URL. That will allow you to diff
your working copy with some other branch.

Diffing with other revisions on the same branch is easy using the log
dialog, but how does PVCS allow you diff two revisions on different
branches easily? What's the GUI?

Simon

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