Hi list,
Again I notice a small thing about "fossil diff" output, when no
external program is used. From the output, we don't see which version it
is comparing. Other SCM I know show some extra information on the
---/+++ lines about version that are actually compared. In fossil, the
---/+++ lines only show file name in repository.
e.g: Those tree output show same thing on the ---/+++ lines:
$ fossil diff --from <ver1> --to <ver2>
--- path/to/sourcefile.c
+++ path/to/sourcefile.c
<...>
$ fossil diff --from <ver1>
--- path/to/sourcefile.c
+++ path/to/sourcefile.c
<...>
$ fossil diff # on locally modified file
--- path/to/sourcefile.c
+++ path/to/sourcefile.c
In CVS per exemple, we have. (cvs show relative path)
$cvs diff -r 1.1 sourcefile.c
--- sourcefile.c 16 Mar 2012 18:28:30 -0000 1.1
+++ sourcefile.c 29 May 2012 21:25:53 -0000 1.3
<...>
$cvs diff -r 1.1 -r 1.2 sourcefile.c
--- sourcefile.c 16 Mar 2012 18:28:30 -0000 1.1
+++ sourcefile.c 11 May 2012 10:20:50 -0000 1.2
<...>
or when cvs compare with current file, it show modification
date/time of file and omit the version number.
cvs diff sourcefile.c # on locally modified file
--- sourcefile.c 29 May 2012 21:25:53 -0000 1.3
+++ sourcefile.c 29 May 2012 22:00:12 -0000
<...>
I think it would be usefull to have something similar on "fossil diff"
output. When people exchange diff/patch by email, we can easily know
what the diff file is diffing.
Regards
--
Martin G.
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