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Re: Edit working copy while see the 'diff'

From: Ryan Schmidt <subversion-2008c_at_ryandesign.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:06:45 -0600

On Dec 5, 2008, at 12:58, Steven Woody wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Steven Woody <narkewoody_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 10:24 PM, David Weintraub
>> <qazwart_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I also use vimdiff as my diff program when I do a "svn diff" on
>>> files, and I
>>> don't seem to have this issue. I can easily edit my current file
>>> (which
>>> appears on the right hand side).
>>> Here's my "diff" command:
>>> #! /usr/bin/env perl
>>> use strict;
>>> use warnings;
>>> my $DIFF = "/usr/local/bin/vimdiff";
>>> my $parameters = $#ARGV;
>>> my $file1 = $ARGV[$parameters - 1];
>>> my $file2 = $ARGV[$parameters];
>>> my $title1 = $ARGV[$parameters - 4];
>>> my $title2 = $ARGV[$parameters - 2];
>>> my $title = "$title1 - $title2";
>>> $title =~ s/\t/ /g;
>>> $title =~ s/ /\\ /g;
>>> my $command = qq($DIFF -c "set titlestring=$title" "$file1"
>>> "$file2");
>>> system qq($command);
>>> The file on the left is a temporary file. The file on the right
>>> is the
>>> actual file being compared.
>>
>> my problem is that some times svn will call the external diff command
>> with $ARGV[$parameters - 1] or $7 in bash with something like
>> /tmp/svndiff.c, and I don't understand why he can not rather use the
>> real working copy.
>
> Hi, let me make it clear: sometimes 'svn diff' command will generate
> a file /tmp/svndiff.tmp as the right hand side file, and passwd the
> name of the file to used defined external diff command such as
> vimdiff. Could anyone tell me why this happend and how to avoid it.

I believe I remember someone saying this happens only when you have
used the svn:eol-style property on the file, but I have not tested this.

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