Overriding /etc/subversion/config with svn's builtins

[Blair Zajac <bl...@orcaware.com>]

If somebody uncomments an option in /etc/subversion/config, say 
diff-cmd, to a program you don't like, say xxdiff, and you'd rather use 
the svn's builtin diff and can't change /etc/subversion/config, there 
doesn't appear to be a way to do this in your ~/.subversion/config.  It 
would be nice if you could say something like

[helpers]
diff-cmd = svn_builtin

and it would effectively unset the diff-cmd pointer.

Currently, the work around is to set it to /usr/bin/diff, but these 
seems like a waste (although a small one).

Is something people would be interested in having implemented?

One question is, what would be a good name that you could use that would 
"unset" the value?

Regards,
Blair

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Blair Zajac, Ph.D.
<bl...@orcaware.com>
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Re: Overriding /etc/subversion/config with svn's builtins

[Julian Foad <ju...@btopenworld.com>]

Blair Zajac wrote:
> If somebody uncomments an option in /etc/subversion/config, say 
> diff-cmd, to a program you don't like, say xxdiff, and you'd rather use 
> the svn's builtin diff and can't change /etc/subversion/config, there 
> doesn't appear to be a way to do this in your ~/.subversion/config.  It 
> would be nice if you could say something like
> 
> [helpers]
> diff-cmd = svn_builtin
> 
> and it would effectively unset the diff-cmd pointer.
> 
> Currently, the work around is to set it to /usr/bin/diff, but these 
> seems like a waste (although a small one).
> 
> Is something people would be interested in having implemented?

Yes, that seems like an ability that we ought to have.

> One question is, what would be a good name that you could use that would 
> "unset" the value?

The empty string.

- Julian

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