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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