Re: "Diff with URL" on directory is broken since v1.8

On 27.11.2013 17:45, Ahmil Jilani wrote:
> Here's what I did:
> - Copy <repo>/Trunk to <repo>/Branches/Ahmil and update
> - Make and commit changes to <local>\Branches\Ahmil
> - Make and commit changes to <local>\Trunk
> - Merge the changes from <repo>/Trunk to <local>\Branches\Ahmil and commit
> - Make and commit more changes to <local>\Branches\Ahmil
> - Shift-right click <local>\Branches\Ahmil and select "Diff with URL"
> - Enter <repo>/Trunk in the dialog box and select "HEAD revision"
> - Press OK
>
> Here's what I expected (and what used to happen before v1.8)
> - A small window appears with the list of changed files
> - Double-clicking on a file in the list brings up a diff window
> - In the diff window, I am able to copy changes from the URL to my working copy (this was useful for reverting unintentional changes)
>
> Here's what happened (in v1.8 and later)
> - A dialog box appears with the following text:
> The path <local>\Branches\Ahmil seems not to match the paths in the patchfile. But TortoiseMerge found the path <local> matches it better. Do you want to use the suggested path instead?
> - There are two options:
> - - Use the found path. Apply the patch to <local>
> - - Use the original path. Apply the patch to <local>\Branches\Ahmil
> - Selecting either of the options opens a small window with one entry: "Trunk". Double click on "Trunk"...
> - - If the first option was selected, an error message shows: "<local>\Trunk is a directory, not a file! TortoiseMerge can't diff directories.". A window opens titled "Rejected patch hunks for 'Trunk' - TortoiseUDiff", which appears to contain a fraction of the diff.
> - - If the second option was selected, a different error message shows: "The diffing enging aborted because of an error: Can't open file '<local>\Trunk': The system cannot find the file specified."

I've created issue #594 for this:
http://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/issues/detail?id=594

Stefan

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