[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: TortoiseSVN/TortoiseMerge - Diff XML files ignoring irrelevant differences

From: Ryan Hathaway <rghathaway_at_starkcountyohio.gov>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:34:39 -0500

We integrate Beyond Compare 3 with TortoiseSVN for file comparison
purposes here. Here is an outdated document which shows how to
configure Tortoise with our internal recommended settings from a few
years ago if you are interested. Obviously, decide for yourself whether
changing each setting from its default makes sense for your current
environment.

Thank you,

-Ryan

Ryan Hathaway

Programmer Analyst

Office of Alan Harold, Auditor
Stark County Ohio
110 Central Plaza S
Canton, OH 44702

330-451-1414

***Please note: My email address has changed to
rghathaway_at_starkcountyohio.gov ***

>>> "Kerry, Richard" <richard.kerry_at_atos.net> 11/26/14 9:25 AM >>>
         
 When differencing some file-types, eg XML, whitespace and some details
of the syntax don’t actually mean a significant difference. Two XML
files might appear from a straightforward text diff to be quite
different, but to an XML-aware differencer they could be the same.
  
 On looking at XML files in TortoiseMerge I am seeing these irrelevant
differences and it is making it very difficult to spot real changes,
either to plan my commit, or to do a merge.
  
 I have come fairly recently to Subversion and TortoiseSvn and
TortoieMerge, having used CVSNT/CVS Suite for many years. With CVSNT
I’ve used WinMerge for showing differences. WinMerge comes with some
filters to normalize irrelevant differences between files so this issue
can be worked around (though the filters do prevent these file-types
being merged).
  
 Is there a feature for doing this within TortoiseSvn/TortoiseMerge ?
 I notice that there is some filetype specific selection of differencing
that is used for MS Word files, for example. I’ve found the “Advanced
diff settings” page where plugins are configured for Word/Excel etc but
there is no sign of anything provided for XML.
  
 Is there anything built-in to ToitoiseSvn or TortoiseMerge that I’m
missing ? Or any existing plug-in that I might consider using ?
  
  
 Regards,
 Richard.
  
 
 Richard Kerry
 BNCS Engineer, SI SOL Telco & Media Vertical Practice
  
 T: +44 (0)20 3618 2669
 M: +44 (0)7812 325518
 Lync: +44 (0) 20 3618 0778
 Room G300, Stadium House, Wood Lane, London, W12 7TA
 richard.kerry_at_atos.net
  
 
  
  
 
 Atos, Atos Consulting, Worldline and Canopy The Open Cloud Company are
trading names used by the Atos group. The following trading entities are
registered in England and Wales: Atos IT Services UK Limited (registered
number 01245534), Atos Consulting Limited (registered number 04312380),
Atos Worldline UK Limited (registered number 08514184) and Canopy The
Open Cloud Company Limited (registration number 08011902). The
registered office for each is at 4 Triton Square, Regent’s Place,
London, NW1 3HG.The VAT No. for each is: GB232327983.
 
 This e-mail and the documents attached are confidential and intended
solely for the addressee, and may contain confidential or privileged
information. If you receive this e-mail in error, you are not authorised
to copy, disclose, use or retain it. Please notify the sender
immediately and delete this email from your systems. As emails may be
intercepted, amended or lost, they are not secure. Atos therefore can
accept no liability for any errors or their content. Although Atos
endeavours to maintain a virus-free network, we do not warrant that
this transmission is virus-free and can accept no liability for any
damages resulting from any virus transmitted. The risks are deemed to be
accepted by everyone who communicates with Atos by email.

------------------------------------------------------
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=3091886

To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [users-unsubscribe_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org].

Received on 2014-11-26 16:36:45 CET

This is an archived mail posted to the TortoiseSVN Users mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.