Hi Julian,
On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:22 +0000, Julian Foad wrote:
> > Please let me know if I am not clear at any point.
>
> The tabular format is good but it would be easier to follow if instead
> of "A" or "B" or "C" etc. you write "Shown as diff against source" or
> "Shown as all lines added".
>
Thank you for your valuable suggestion :) I have added a modified
tabular summary in the file attached with this mail.
> Why are some of your tests testing deletes, not adds?
>
> $ svn diff -r2:1
> Index: copiedfile1
> ===================================================================
> --- copiedfile1 (revision 2)
> +++ copiedfile1 (revision 1)
> @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
> -1
> -2
> -3
> -4
> -5
>
I have shown tests for 'adds' as well as 'deletes' to show the 'diff'
behaviour.
And with context to the above shown 'diff', clearly, the 'copiedfile1'
was just a 'svn copy' of the file 'file1' from revision1, meaning that
it has no diff content. That's why I opted to show the deletion in this
case and a few similar cases. :)
> I seem to recall that the result sometimes depends on whether the target
> of the diff command is the actual file or a directory that contains the
> file. In other words, "svn diff ./" may behave differently from "svn
> diff copiedfile1". Can you test that too please?
>
Sure Julian, I'll test it. :)
I tested it and I don't see any 'behavioural' change in the diffs.
Here is what I got with this patch... :)
$ svn diff -r1:3 copiedfile2
Index: file1
===================================================================
--- file1 (.../file1) (revision 1)
+++ file1 (.../copiedfile2) (revision 3)
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
3
4
5
+6
+7
+8
$ svn diff -r1:3 ./
Index: copiedfile2
===================================================================
--- copiedfile2 (revision 2)
+++ copiedfile2 (revision 3)
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
3
4
5
+6
+7
+8
Thanks and regards
Prabhu
--------------------------------------------------
| WC - WC | REPOS - WC |
REPOS - REPOS |
|---------+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| | | | | |
|
| | | only diff | N/A | all adds | all
adds |
| | BEFORE
|---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| | | | | |
|
| | | with '--sca' | all adds | all adds | all
adds |
|COPIED
+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| | | | | |
|
| | | only diff | N/A | all adds | all
adds |
| | AFTER
|---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| | | | | |
|
| | | with '--sca' | all adds | all adds | all
adds |
+---------+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
+---------+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| | | | | |
|
| | | only diff |against source| all adds | all
adds |
| | BEFORE
|---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| | | | | |
|
| | | with '--sca' | all adds | all adds | all
adds |
|COPIED
+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| & | | | | |
|
|MODIFIED | | only diff |against source|against source |
against source |
| | AFTER
|---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
| | | | | |
|
| | | with '--sca' | all adds | all adds |
all adds |
+---------+------------+---------------+--------------+---------------+-------------------+
