Re: How to compare working copy file with older version of that file?

On 2008-05-29, Paul Koning <Paul_Koning_at_dell.com> wrote:
> The commands you're trying work for me.
>
> I wonder if you have a corrupt repository, and Subversion runs into
> trouble when it is trying to create the text of the file you're asking
> about from its history of changes. What happens when you do "svn cat"
> of that file, with a URL, or with a -r switch, or both?

Same thing:

   $ svn info matrixConfig.h
   Path: matrixConfig.h
   Name: matrixConfig.h
   URL: svn://lnxdb/devicemaster/ecos/ecosapps/branches/MatrixSSL/matrixssl/src/matrixConfig.h
   Repository Root: svn://lnxdb/devicemaster
   Repository UUID: 11e97225-5210-0410-b87b-0f6ef07e6056
   Revision: 2068
   Node Kind: file
   Schedule: normal
   Last Changed Author: grante
   Last Changed Rev: 2068
   Last Changed Date: 2008-05-22 18:02:04 -0500 (Thu, 22 May 2008)
   Text Last Updated: 2008-05-29 15:08:32 -0500 (Thu, 29 May 2008)
   Checksum: ce78bb1e2fc3cf98c7618c054f7baed2
   
   $ svn cat -r 2057 matrixConfig.h
   svn: File not found: revision 1972, path '/ecos/ecosapps/trunk/matrixssl/src/matrixConfig.h'

<and in a different directory that's not a working copy of anything...>

   $ svn cat -r 2057 svn://lnxdb/devicemaster/ecos/ecosapps/branches/MatrixSSL/matrixssl/src/matrixConfig.h
   svn: File not found: revision 1972, path '/ecos/ecosapps/trunk/matrixssl/src/matrixConfig.h'

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