Our SVN command line tool is Apache SVN. Are you doing the diff command and 
supplying a URL for path1 and a path for path2? It consistently converts 
any forward slashes to back slashes for me.

On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 3:44:24 AM UTC+12 lorenznl wrote:

Alfred E. Neuman via TortoiseSVN wrote: 
>You will need the Pro Edition but it is achieved by adding a prefix of 
SVN+ 
>to the URL of the subversion repository you're comparing against. 

I tried that and, lo and behold, it work for me. 

What subversion commandline client do have installed? 
I'm using TortoiseSVN and the commandline client that comes with it 
-- 

Lorenz 

> 
>e.g. https://anotherserver.com/subversion/somefolder 
>Becomes 
>svn+https://anotherserver.com/subversion/somefolder N 
>On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 6:56:01?PM UTC+12 lorenznl wrote: 
> 
>> I've used BeyondCompare only for comparing lokal files via the 
>> explorer context menu integration. 
>> 
>> How do I compare a (lokal) file with a file in a subversion repository 
>> using BeyondCompare? 
>> -- 
>> 
>> Lorenz 
>> 
>> 
>> Alfred E. Neuman via TortoiseSVN wrote: 
>> 
>> >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 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> 
>> 

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