Alexey Neyman wrote on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 16:09:51 -0800: > On Sunday, November 06, 2011 10:27:01 am Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > Perhaps the solution is to make 'svn diff' use --diff-cmd for propdiffs > > too? It seems that currently --diff-cmd is only used for file content > > diffs. > > I guess this is sort of a feature. As Julian pointed out, the property diffs > are output using a different hunk format that starts with ## instead of @@. > Thus invoking an external diff utility (which does not know whether it is > diffing, content or property) would actually make the problem worse.
As we say here: the answer's in the formulation of the question. You could tell the external diff what it's diffing -- or, perhaps easier, configure a separate [helpers]diff-cmd and [helpers]propdiff-cmd . > FWIW, I implemented the --patch option for 'svn diff' as suggested - implying > no property diffs and copies-as-additions. Patch against trunk, r1202879; > survives 'make check'. I haven't looked at those yet.
