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 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/6eab442e-d49a-4914-89db-5a5bc8db1615n%40googlegroups.com.
