Hi Sam, does this work for you?
svn diff --diff-cmd=/usr/bin/diff -x --unified=3 On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Sam Steingold <s...@gnu.org> wrote: > How do I supply the number of context lines for unified diff? > > $ svn diff --help > seems to imply that "svn diff -x --unified" is what I need. > However, there seems to be no way to pass "--unified=1" to the external > diff program: > > $ svn di -x '--unified 1' my-file-name > svn: Invalid argument '1' in diff options > $ svn di -x --unified 1 my-file-name > svn: '1' is not under version control > $ svn di -x --unified -x 1 my-file-name > svn: Invalid argument '1' in diff options > $ svn di -x --unified=1 my-file-name > svn: Error parsing diff options: Missing parameter for the specified > command line option > $ svn di -x --unified 1 my-file-name > svn: '1' is not under version control > $ svn di -x -u1 my-file-name > svn: Error parsing diff options: Bad character specified on command line > > thanks! > -- > Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on CentOS release 5.5 (Final) X > http://iris.org.il http://honestreporting.com http://jihadwatch.org > http://thereligionofpeace.com http://mideasttruth.com > http://www.memritv.org > Don't ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. >
