Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I added foo.c as part of the commit r124. When I run this command
>> line:
>>
>> svn diff -r123:124
>>
>> I get the diff of the whole commit, including the diff of the new
>> file that was added (just like a diff against /dev/null). But if I
>> try to single out the new file:
>>
>> svn diff -r123:124 foo.c
>>
>> I get this error:
>>
>> svn: Unable to find repository location for 'foo.c' in revision 123
>>
>> Is there a way to get this diff? While I understand that the error
>> message is strictly correct, I believe that it's unfortunate that
>> svn diff -r[N-1]:[N] work for modified files but not for new files.
>> Should I file a ticket for this?
>
> I don't see how this could be a bug. It's not possible to do a diff
> between a version that doesn't exist and anything else. What do you
> expect the output to be? Every line added?
Yes, exactly the same output that I get when I run "svn diff -r123:124". The
bug is because of inconsistency: why the diff is produced if I don't name the
file, while it errors out if I provide the file name?
Giovanni Bajo
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Received on Sun Jan 29 22:16:15 2006