"Karan, Cem \(Civ, ARL/CISD\)" <CKaran@arl.army.mil> writes:
> Nope, no confusion. I know what you mean below, I just meant format as
> in 'how you pass in commands + files to diff' which is basically 'diff
> [options ]file1 file2' and that the output is the unified output format.
> I'm assuming that subversion understands the unified diff format in
> terms of storing the data, right? I ask so that when I write a diff
> program, it outputs the correct format. Also, is there anything in the
> way subversion works that prevents me from popping up a seperate
> bitmapped window? I would like to have my diff program usable by
> subversion AND by the end user, such that when invoked the end user can
> see the differences, and when they close the window, save, whatever,
> subversion gets the output from the command. Are there any problems
> with this?
Subversion does not use the output of 'svn diff'. The output is for
the user only. This is why I am still confused at your question...
-Karl
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net
> > [mailto:kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net] On Behalf Of kfogel@collab.net
> > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:55 PM
> > To: Karan, Cem (Civ, ARL/CISD)
> > Cc: Matthew England; users@subversion.tigris.org
> > Subject: Re: pluggable diff program requirements? (was: Re:
> > Any problems w/ very large (10-100MB) binary files?)
> >
> >
> > "Karan, Cem \(Civ, ARL/CISD\)" <CKaran@arl.army.mil> writes:
> > > OK. For now, I'll assume the basic format that diff uses as input.
> > > Honestly though, has anyone started planning this out yet
> > (anyone at
> > > all)? If there IS someone who is thinking about all of
> > this, I'd like
> > > to start discussing things with them; the more planning
> > now, the fewer
> > > headaches later on.
> >
> > I'm worried there might be some confusion here.
> >
> > Diff doesn't have an input format -- its input is the files
> > themselves, the 'before' file and the 'after' file. They can
> > be in any format you want. If your diff tool only handles
> > plain text files, then of course they should be some sort of
> > texty format. But if your diff tool can handle, say, MS Word
> > files, then they can be Word files.
> >
> > Have you used the --diff-cmd option to Subversion before?
> > It's just a way to name a program that will take two
> > arguments: the before file and the after file. It is
> > completely agnostic regarding the formats of those files --
> > that's up to your diff program to deal with.
> >
> > -Karl
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net
> > > > [mailto:kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net] On Behalf Of
> > kfogel@collab.net
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 5:14 PM
> > > > To: Karan, Cem (Civ, ARL/CISD)
> > > > Cc: Matthew England; users@subversion.tigris.org
> > > > Subject: Re: pluggable diff program requirements? (was: Re:
> > > > Any problems w/ very large (10-100MB) binary files?)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Karan, Cem \(Civ, ARL/CISD\)" <CKaran@arl.army.mil> writes:
> > > > > Thats the ideal, but I'm thinking of the cases where the
> > > > type of the
> > > > > file affects what kind of diff program you want to use. E.g.
> > > > > 'wordDiff' versus 'pdfDiff'. If there are plans to put
> > together a
> > > > > dictionary (MIME or file-type to program mappings) within the
> > > > > repositories, then using a simple 'diff' compatible
> > form is best.
> > > > > However, if subversion is always going to be ignorant of
> > > > the mappings
> > > > > of file type->diff program, then it means I need to write a
> > > > mapper of
> > > > > my own. The mapper is easy; the problem is where to store
> > > > the mapping
> > > > > dictionary. Ideally, it would be stored within the repository
> > > > > (probably as some sort of property), but I don't want this
> > > > to conflict
> > > > > with what people are already planning on doing. THAT
> > is what I'm
> > > > > REALLY worried about.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think there's been enough planning yet for you to be
> > > > able to anticipate conflicts. Just go with the simplest,
> > > > most obvious thing for now. Whatever mechanism Subversion
> > > > eventually uses, it will surely be straightforward for you to
> > > > make the appropriate tweaks to your wrapper/mapper.
> > > >
> > > > -Karl
> > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net
> > > > > > [mailto:kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net] On Behalf Of
> > > > kfogel@collab.net
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:24 AM
> > > > > > To: Karan, Cem (Civ, ARL/CISD)
> > > > > > Cc: Matthew England; users@subversion.tigris.org
> > > > > > Subject: Re: pluggable diff program requirements? (was: Re:
> > > > > > Any problems w/ very large (10-100MB) binary files?)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Karan, Cem \(Civ, ARL/CISD\)" <CKaran@arl.army.mil> writes:
> > > > > > > If you look on http://subversion.tigris.org/roadmap.html,
> > > > > > you'll see
> > > > > > > that pluggable client-side diff programs are part of the
> > > > > > future plan;
> > > > > > > that will solve problems when that comes about.
> > Are there any
> > > > > > > developers monitoring this right now? Where can we get
> > > > in on the
> > > > > > > requirements phase of this? (I'm scratching my own itch in
> > > > > > developing
> > > > > > > an OS X diff program right now, and I'd like to make it
> > > > compatible
> > > > > > > with subversion before I get too much further ahead)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, I wouldn't think compatibility will be a huge problem.
> > > > > > It's not like Subversion is completely without pluggable diff
> > > > > > program support right now -- just make your program take
> > > > > > arguments the way, say, GNU diff does, and you can
> > use it with
> > > > > > the --diff-cmd option with SVN.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Karl
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >
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