Question about svn diff --xml

["Gonzalez Diaz, Xoan" <G2...@caixagalicia.es>]

Hi all,

 

I've been searching about the possibility of xml output for svn diff.

As far as I know, there is no possibility in versions previous 1.5, and
in 1.5 only with -summarize option.

 

Is there any way to obtain xml output for svn diff?

Is it going to be implemented this feature in future versions?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Xoan

Re: Question about svn diff --xml

[John Peacock <jo...@havurah-software.org>]

Gonzalez Diaz, Xoan wrote:
> Is there any way to obtain xml output for svn diff?

What would you expect XML output for diff to look like?  I'm having a 
really hard time trying to visualize how involving XML would be anything 
but a distraction.  The diff format is designed specifically to produce 
the minimal text required to feed to the patch program.  If you are just 
trying to find a more human readable way to visualize diff's, you may 
want to investigate one of the many visual merge tools (kdiff3 or meld 
for example under Linux).

Or, are you trying to produce a diff between two XML files by any chance 
(that respects the sometimes unordered aspect of XML files)?  That is a 
completely different situation; there has been some talk about how best 
to provide filetype-specific support for diff/merge.

John

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