Re: External diff based on mime-type

On 04/18/2013 09:59 PM, Watson, Paul wrote:
> We have a diff utility designed for a proprietary file format. I would
> like for this "theappdiff" utility to be used if the file's svn:mine-type
> prop is application/the-app.
>
> Is it possible for svn to invoke an external diff based on mime-type?

The Subversion command-line utility can't do this. But if you're a Windows
user, you might be able to take advantage of TortoiseSVN's support for
mapping MIME types to differencing tools. See the following for details:

http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-settings.html#tsvn-dug-settings-Progs-Adv

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