On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 03:54:37PM +0000, sebb wrote: > Note that r848598 involves a directory copy. > > The diff command: > > $ svn log -l14 > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/branches/1.0.x/STATUS@848689 > --diff > > behaves properly up to that point, but then I get: > > >>> > r848598 | kfogel | 2004-01-27 17:08:24 +0000 (Tue, 27 Jan 2004) | 1 line > > Rename branches/1.0-stabilization to branches/1.0.x, as Brane suggested. > > > Index: 1.0-stabilization/Makefile.in > =================================================================== > --- 1.0-stabilization/Makefile.in (revision 848574) > +++ 1.0-stabilization/Makefile.in (revision 848575) > > <snip other file diffs/> > > <<< > > So it looks as though diff is broken when handling directory copies.
This is a known problem. It has already been fixed in trunk, and the fix has been nominated for backport. It will likely be included in 1.7.3.
