Re: Can I access the SHA1 hashes for files?

On 16 July 2010 21:10, Xn Nooby <xnooby_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On a Windows desktop, I have two different directories on my
> hard-drive, each one is a working copy checked out from different
> repositories.  The repositories are on different Subversion servers.
> I would like to compare the files in the two directories as quickly as
> possibly. The directory structures are essentially the same.
>
> I believe Subversion stores an SHA1 hash for each file in the hidden
> ".svn" directories.  Is it possible for me to access these SHA1
> checksums so that I can quickly compare the files?
>
> For example, say I have two files called BIGFILE.DAT, located at:
> c:\dira\BIGFILE.DAT and c:\dirb\BIGFILE.DAT.  Can I use Subversion's
> SHA1 checksums to quickly compare them?
>
> If so, how are the SHA1 checksum's accessed?  I'm doing this task in a
> ruby script, but I can also compile a C program.

You are better off asking questions about the internals of Subversion
on the subversion users mailing list.

Simon

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