You are correct. The file is reachable via Windows explorer on an internal server but it is not under version control. The file I am comparing it against is in a web-based subversion repository.
The diff tool I am using is Beyond Compare 4 and it is compatible with viewing subversion repositories. I am not sure whether the URL being converted to a path is from TortoiseSVN or Beyond Compare 4 (but I don't think it'd be the latter given it offers subversion comparison). As another example, if I compare: \\someserver\somefolder\somefile.png With https://anotherserver.com/subversion/somefolder/somefile.png The url is processed as https:\\anotherserver.com\subversion\somefolder\somefile.png And so a comparison cannot take place with a local file against the subversion repository (now interpreted as a folder path) On Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 3:21:11 AM UTC+12 lorenznl wrote: > Alfred E. Neuman via TortoiseSVN wrote: > > >I have a remote server which outputs test results which I would then like > >to compare against expected results in my remote SVN repository. The > remote > >server is accessible via file explorer but the remote SVN repository is > >not. When attempting to use the diff command, the URL I supply for the > >remote SVN repository has all \s replaced with /s this making it > >inaccessible for my diff tool. > >[...] > > can you explain in more detail what you are doing? > > So far I understand, that you have a file (reachable via windows > explorer on a file share). > I assume this file is not under version control? > > The file to which to compare is versioned and accessible via > Repository URL. > > What diff-tool are you using? > It sounds like it's not TortoiseUDiff. > > To directly diff a file in the file system against a file in a > subversion repository, the diff-tool would need to connect with the > subversion server to abtain a copy of the file in the repository. > Not all diff-tools support that. > -- > > Lorenz > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TortoiseSVN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tortoisesvn/47530345-6d0d-4457-a359-0512f12e2d63n%40googlegroups.com.
