On 28.01.2012 10:44, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > Johan Corveleyn wrote on Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:10:05 +0100: >> Yes, it's an option. But it's a hassle. I'm investigating other options. > Installing GNU diff requires deploying a precompiled .exe file and two > .dll files into %PATH%. > > Implementing -F support in Subversion requires patching configure, > patching the windows build, revving the relevant libsvn_diff APIs, > waiting for the next minor release, and deploying it. > > Seems to me that the former is the path of least resistance.
Especially for the 500.000 users of Subversion on Windows, compared to a few hours for one developer. Not to mention the wonders of DLL hell and the oh-so-standard Windows installer. Nice reasoning. :) Pity we didn't think of it when we wasted time implementing "svn diff" internally. -- Brane
